USS Maryland (SSBN-738)



         


Career
Ordered: 14 March 1986
Laid down: 22 April 1986
Launched: 10 August 1991
Commissioned: 13 June 1992
Decommissioned:
Fate: Actively serving
Homeport: Kings Bay, Georgia
Motto: Timete Deum Solum et Ignominiam - Fear Only God and Dishonor
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 18,750 tons
Length: 560 ft
Beam: 42 ft
Draught: 38 ft
Propulsion: Steam Turbine (Nuclear)
Speed:
Complement: Crew: 13 officers, 140 enlisted
Armament: 24 tubes for Trident I and II, Mk-48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes


The fourth USS Maryland (SSBN-738) is the 13th of 18 Ohio-class submarines in the United States Navy.

Built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, Maryland was commissioned in 13 June 1992.

She is part of the Atlantic Fleet and homeported in Kings Bay, Georgia.

See USS Maryland for other ships of this name.

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