The U.S. Navy’s Big Ohio-Class Submarine Mistakes Still Sting

The U.S. Navy’s Big Ohio-Class Submarine Mistakes Still Sting

Key Points and Summary – The Ohio-class SSGNs were a post–Cold War judo move: convert four surplus ballistic-missile submarines into covert cruise-missile and special-operations platforms. Each carries up to 154 Tomahawks and berths dozens of SOF, giving combatant commanders a stealthy, long-endurance “arsenal ship” under the sea. SOUDA BAY, Greece (Sept. 7, 2019) The Ohio-class cruise missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) arrives in Souda Ba…