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US Navy - Ballistic / Guided Missile SubmarineSSBN SSGN 728 - USS Florida |
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Type,
class: Ballistic Missile Submarine, nuclear
propulsion - SSBN; Ohio class converted and reclassified to Guided Missile Submarine - SSGN Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, USA STATUS: Awarded: February 28, 1975 Laid down: July 4, 1976 Launched: November 14, 1981 Commissioned: June 18, 1983 converted and reclassified to SSGN IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia Namesake: State of Florida Ships Motto: FORTES FORTUNA ADIUVAT (fortune favours the brave) Technical Data: see: INFO > Ohio class Basllistic Missile Submarine - SSBN |
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SSGN 728 - USS Florida  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - April 2016  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - April 2016  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - April 2016  alongside the Submarine Tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) - Diego Garcia - January 2016  Diego Garcia - January 2016  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - November 2014  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - August 2014  Kings Bay, Georgia - July 2013  Kings Bay, Georgia - June 2013  Kings Bay, Georgia - June 2013  Kings Bay, Georgia - June 2013  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2013  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2013  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2013  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2013 Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - May 2013  Diego Garcia - August 2012  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2012  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2012  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - June 2012  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - May 2011  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2011  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2011  Bay of Naples, Italy - March 2011  Diego Garcia - June 2010  Mediterranean Sea - March 2010  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2010  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - May 2009  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - April 2009  Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - April 2009  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2008  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2008  Navy divers and special operators attached to SEAL Delivery Team 2, perform Seal Delivery Vehicle (SDV) operations with USS Florida (SSGN 728) - July 2007  Navy divers and special operators attached to SEAL Delivery Team 2, perform Seal Delivery Vehicle (SDV) operations with USS Florida (SSGN 728) - July 2007  Sailors aboard the Ohio-class guided missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) "bring her to life" during a return to service ceremony. Florida is the second to undergo conversion to the new SSGN designation. The nuclear powered submarine will have the capability to launch up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles, conduct sustained Special Forces operations and carry other payloads, such as unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Special Forces equipment - Mayport, Florida - May 25, 2006  lock out chamber - May 2006  May 2006  May 2006  April 2006  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2006  Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - April 2006  leaving Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia after conversion - April 2006  leaving Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia after conversion - April 2006  leaving Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia after conversion - April 2006  leaving Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia after conversion - April 2006  trials - March 2006  trials - March 2006  trials - March 2006  trials - March 2006  Norfolk, Virginia - March 2006  Norfolk, Virginia - March 2006  Norfolk, Virginia - March 2006 SSBN 728 - USS Florida  Norfolk, Virginia - February 2005  an UGM-109 Tomahawk missile was test-launched fron USS Florida (SSBN 728) - January 2003  January 2003  December 2002  December 2002  Hawaii - May 1997  March 1995  March 1995  March 1995  March 1995  Alameda, California - May 1994  August 1985  August 1985  August 1985  Magnetic Silencing Facility Kings Bay, Georgia - August 1985  April 1984  April 1984  inclining experiments - Groton, Connecticut - January 1983  inclining experiments - Groton, Connecticut - January 1983  UGM-83A Trident C4 ballistic missile (SLBM) test launch - August 1983  commissioning ceremony - Groton, Connecticut - June 18, 1983  while under construction at General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut - April 1981 |
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USS Florida (SSBN-728/SSGN-728), an Ohio-class ballistic missile
submarine, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named
for the 27th state. She was commissioned with the hull designation
of SSBN-728; with her conversion to a cruise missile submarine, she
was re-designated SSGN-728. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 28 February 1975 and her keel was laid down on the bicentennial of the United States's independence, 4 July 1976. The boat was unnamed at the keel-laying ceremony. The initial ship's crew formed the precommissioning unit on 8 July 1980. The first shipboard watches were stationed on 14 February 1981 to support the operational control transfer of engineering systems to ship's force control. The Secretary of the Navy finally named her on 19 January 1981. Florida was launched on 14 November 1981 sponsored by Mrs. Jarcia M. Carlucci. Her reactor was initially taken critical on 13 November 1982 and she went into service and the crew moved onboard on 21 January 1983. Florida commenced initial builders' sea trials on 21 February 1983 and was subsequently delivered to the Navy on 17 May 1983 - 43 days ahead of schedule. She was commissioned on 18 June 1983, with Captain William L. Powell in command of the Blue Crew and Captain G.R. Sterner in command of the Gold Crew. Both crews successfully completed the demonstration and shakedown operations, each culminated by the successful launch of a Trident C-4 missile. Florida transited the Panama Canal in February and arrived in Bangor, Washington on 25 March 1984. She completed her first strategic deterrent patrol on 25 July 1984. As of November 2002, Florida had successfully completed 61 strategic deterrent patrols. She won the Battle E in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, and 2002. In 1991, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award. In 1997, Florida's skipper, Commander Michael J. Alfonso, was relieved of command for "browbeating his crew, ignoring his executive officer and chief of the boat, and acting as a tyrant." Florida entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard in July 2003 to undergo a refueling and conversion from an SSBN to an SSGN. Florida completed her conversion in April 2006 and is homeported in Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia. On 25 May 2006 she had a return to service ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. Ms. Carlucci was the ship's sponsor for her recommissioning in Mayport, Florida in May 2006. source: SSGN-728 website - - - - - The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 28 February 1975 and her keel was laid down on the bicentennial of the United States independence, 4 July 1976. The boat was unnamed at the keel-laying ceremony. The initial ship's crew formed the precommissioning unit on 8 July 1980. The first shipboard watches were stationed on 14 February 1981 to support the operational control transfer of engineering systems to ship's force control. The Secretary of the Navy finally named her on 19 January 1981. Florida was launched on 14 November 1981 sponsored by Mrs. Marcia M. Carlucci, wife of then Deputy Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci. The reactor was initially taken critical on 13 November 1982; the ship went into service and the crew moved onboard on 21 January 1983. Florida commenced initial builders' sea trials on 21 February 1983 and was subsequently delivered to the Navy on 17 May 1983, 43 days ahead of schedule. She was commissioned on 18 June 1983, with Captain William L. Powell in command of the Blue Crew and Captain George R. Sterner in command of the Gold Crew. Both crews successfully completed the demonstration and shakedown operations, each culminated by the successful launch of a Trident C-4 missile. Florida transited the Panama Canal in February and arrived in Bangor, Washington on 25 March 1984. She completed her first strategic deterrent patrol on 25 July 1984. As of November 2002, Florida had successfully completed 61 strategic deterrent patrols. She won the Battle E in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, and 2002. In 1991, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award. In 1997, Florida's skipper, Commander Michael J. Alfonso, was relieved of command "because he had been unable to foster an effective command team so necessary to the success of the U.S. submarine force." Conversion to SSGN: Florida entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard in July 2003 to undergo a refueling and conversion from an SSBN to an SSGN. Florida completed her conversion in April 2006 and is homeported in Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia. On 25 May 2006 she had a return to service ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. Ms. Carlucci was the ship's sponsor for her recommissioning in Mayport, Florida in May 2006. Operation Odyssey Dawn 2011: On 19 March 2011, in conjunction with other U.S. Navy and Royal Navy warships and submarines, Florida fired scores of Tomahawk missiles at Libyan air defense targets as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn. The Tomahawk missile strikes allowed British, French, and allied warplanes to begin enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, preventing Muammar Gaddafi from using his air force to attack rebels in his country. This was the first combat action for the Florida or any other Ohio-class submarine. During Operation Odyssey Dawn, Florida launched 93 Tomahawk missiles, with 90 effective, out of her total magazine of about 160 missiles. Of the four Ohio-class SSGNs in the U.S. Navy, Florida was the only one that was available for use in Operation Odyssey Dawn since she was the only one that had been assigned to cruise the Mediterranean Sea. Some other Tomahawk missiles were fired by American surface ships and by a few Royal Navy nuclear submarines. On 28 June 2010, Florida was one of three Ohio-class submarines involved in a US response to Chinese missile testing in the contested East China Sea. Florida, Ohio, and Michigan all surfaced simultaneously in the waters of the British Indian Ocean Territory, the Philippines, and the Republic of Korea respectively. source: wikipedia |
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