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Electric Boat is engaged in the design of the Trident SSGN, a multi-mission submarine optimized for covert strike and special operations warfare.
The SSGNs will be converted from the first four Ohio-class (Trident) ballistic-missile submarines - USS Ohio (SSBN726), USS Michigan (SSBN727), USS Florida (SSBN728) and USS Georgia (SSBN729). The conversions will be
performed coincident with the submarines' mid-life refuelings. Electric Boat designed and built all 18 ships of the Ohio class.
Considered a prime example of military transformation initiatives, SSGNs will carry up to 154 strike missiles and up to 102 Special Operations Forces personnel. SSGNs also will serve as platforms to develop and test
new weapons systems, sensors and operational concepts that could further transform naval warfare, including large unmanned undersea vehicles and off-board sensors.
In addition to the design work, Electric Boat is procuring long-lead-time material and assembling manufacturing kits for delivery to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington, the conversion yard for USS Ohio, the
lead SSGN. USS Ohio is expected to rejoin the operational fleet as an SSGN in 2007.
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