Nuclear-powered submarine visits 

The United States has deployed a nuclear-powered guided missile
submarine (SSGN) to South Korea. The USS Michigan arrived a day after North Korea resumed missile tests

Apr 2023: U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol agree to deploy so-called “strategic assets” to Korean Peninsula to deter North

1. SSGN: Ohio-class submarine carries up to 154 Tomahawk land attack missiles (TLAMS) – in lieu of Trident ballistic missiles – launched from seven-shot canisters in 22 missile tubes.
Crew of 15 officers, 144 enlisted.

2. Pressure hull enclosed by hemispherical heads at both ends

3. Outer hull acts as main ballast tanks

4. Sonar array

5. Sonar room, radio room

6. Attack scope, data and communications masts

7. Snorkel for diesel generators

8. Four 533mm torpedo tubes

9. Engine room with two 45MW steam turbines driving single shaft and propeller, one auxiliary 242kW diesel engine

10. Pressurized water nuclear reactor

Crews’ berthing within missile compartment
MK-48 torpedo, ength: 5.8m


Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division
Length: 170m
Beam: 10m 
Draft: 10.8m
Speed: 20 knots (37km/h) surfaced 25 knots (46km/h) submerged

ICELAND. Apr 2023: Los Angeles-class USS San Juan stops off coast

NORWAY. 2021-23: Nine American and one British nuclear submarine visit Grøtsund

UK. Jul 2022: Ohio-class USS Rhode Island arrives at Faslane

PACIFIC, off Hawaii. May 2022: ABC News visits Ohio-Class USS Maine

GUAM. May 2023: Leaders of navies of Japan and South Korea visit Ohio-class USS Maine

ARABIAN SEA. Oct 20, 2022: Ohio-class USS West Virginia surfaces to receive Middle East commander Gen. Michael Kurilla

CYPRUS. Apr 2023: Los Angeles-class USS San Juan makes visit to Limassol

SOUTH KOREA. Jun 16, 2023: Ohio- class USS Michigan arrives at Busan

DIEGO GARCIA. Oct 2022: Ohio-class USS West Virginia makes port visit

SINGAPORE. Apr 2023: Los Angeles-class USS COLUMBIA makes port call

GIBRALTAR. Nov 2022: USS Rhode Island makes port visit

AUSTRALIA. Mar 2023: Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville visits Perth

Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean

1,600km 1,000 miles

Sources: Associated Press, H.I. Sutton, Naval News, America’s Navy
Picture: Getty Images
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