The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) made a short cease for personnel close to Okinawa, Japan as a part of her deployment to the U.S. seventh Fleet space of operations, Nov. 10, 2022. The Pacific-based submarine is working within the U.S. seventh Fleet below the command and management of Commander, Process Pressure 74 to enhance the undersea warfare capabilities of the area. Ohio-Class guided-missile submarines (SSGN) present the Navy with unprecedented strike and particular operation mission capabilities from a stealth, clandestine platform. Armed with tactical missiles and outfitted with superior communications capabilities, SSGNs are able to immediately supporting combatant commander’s strike and particular operation forces necessities.
“Having Michigan in theater provides to our already deep bench of undersea warfare capabilities all through the area,” stated Rear Adm. Rick Seif, Commander, Submarine Group 7. “Their presence demonstrates our continued dedication to offering maritime safety and deterrence within the Indo-Pacific.”
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Michigan was commissioned on Sept. 11, 1982. It’s the second submarine of the Ohio-class of ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and SSGNs, and the third U.S. Navy ship to bear the title. Michigan was constructed to hold the Navy’s third era submarine-launched ballistic missile, the Trident C-4. After arriving in Bangor in March 1983, Michigan would perform her major mission of deterrence for almost 20 years, conducting greater than 60 strategic deterrent patrols. On the conclusion of the Chilly Warfare, Michigan, Ohio and two sister ships – USS Florida (SSBN 728) and USS Georgia (SSBN 729) – had been thought-about for decommissioning. As an alternative, the Navy selected to transform the Ohio-class seaframe to hold Tomahawk land assault missiles or different payloads in lieu of ballistic missiles. Michigan, based mostly out of Naval Base Kitsap in Washington, is conducting maritime operations within the U.S. seventh Fleet space of operations in assist of U.S. nationwide safety pursuits within the Indo-Pacific area.
Because the U.S. Navy’s largest ahead deployed fleet, U.S. seventh Fleet routinely operates between 50-70 ships and submarines and 140 plane with roughly 20,000 Sailors. seventh Fleet’s space of operation spans greater than 124 million sq. kilometers, stretching from the Worldwide Date Line to the India/Pakistan border; and from the Kuril Islands within the North to the Antarctic within the South Pacific, offering safety and stability to the area. seventh Fleet interacts with 35 different maritime nations to construct partnerships that foster maritime safety whereas conducting a wide-range of missions to assist humanitarian efforts and uphold worldwide legal guidelines and freedoms of the ocean. CSG 7 directs forward-deployed, fight succesful forces throughout the total spectrum of undersea warfare all through the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.
