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USS Michigan (SSBN-727)
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 USS Michigan (SSBN-727) |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Ordered: | 28 February 1975 |
| Laid down: | 4 April 1977 |
| Launched: | 26 April 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 11 September 1982 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
| Homeport: | Bangor, Washington |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Surfaced: approx. 16,765 tons Submerged: approx. 18,750 tons |
| Length: | 170.69 meters (560 feet) |
| Beam: | 12.8 meters (42 feet) |
| Draught: | 11.5 meters (38 feet) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × S8G reactor |
| Speed: | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
| Complement: | 13 officers, 140 men |
| Armament: | 4 × 21-inch torpedo tubes 154 × BGM-109 Tomahawks in 22 groups of seven. |
| Motto: | Tuebor |
USS Michigan (SSBN-727/SSGN-727) is the second Ohio-class Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine in the United States Navy. She is the third ship to bear the name of the state of Michigan.
Michigan was constructed at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut and was commissioned on 11 September 1982. Michigan arrived in Bangor, Washington on 16 March 1983 and completed sixty-six Strategic Deterrent Patrols.
Michigan is currently undergoing conversion to an SSGN at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The expected delivery date is 2007. See the Ohio-class submarine article for more information on the conversions.
See USS Michigan for other ships of the same name.
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- In the game SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs, USS Michigan is ordered to take up station off the coast of Washington state to sink an incoming cargo ship if the player failed to secure the vessel and deactivate the radiological weapon within it.
- In a scene from G.I. Jane with Demi Moore, the sub they are on is registered SSBN 727; and one sees the words "Michigan" on the hat of the commander.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various news articles.
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