Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class submarine program, the designated replacement for the aging Ohio-class ...

The Ohio class is named after Ohio because the USS Ohio submarine is the lead submarine in its class. There are 18 total Ohio-class submarines, 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) and four ...

Bangor-based submarine USS Ohio's commanding officer (gold crew), Capt. Kurt D. Balagna, was removed from command on March 8, the Navy said. According to a statement issued by the Navy on ...

Capt. Kurt D. Balagna, commanding officer of the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726), Gold Crew, was removed from command due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command ...

The commanding officer of the USS Ohio sub's gold crew -- Capt. Kurt Balagna -- was relieved by Rear Adm. Nicholas Tilbrook, the commander of Submarine Group 9, "due to a loss of confidence in his ...

The Navy has fired the captain of the USS Ohio guided missile submarine, service officials revealed. Capt. Kurt D. Balagna was fired as commanding officer of the Ohio “due to a loss … ...

Capt. Kurt Balagna, commanding officer of the Gold crew of the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726), addresses the wardroom during an operations brief on Jan. 21, 2021.

081119-N-9565D-014.PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2008) The guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) steams through the water as part of a formation of ships while participating in a photo exercise ...

U.S. Navy Submarine Force Pacific describes the nuclear-powered Ohio-class SSGNs and the USS Ohio as a critical tool to "project power and provide forward presence" and a "key component of our ...

The USS Ohio, the largest submarine the United States Navy has ever put to sea, has participated in exercises with US Marines around the Japanese island of Okinawa in a likely message to China.

The USS Ohio was commissioned in 1981 as the lead boat of its class of ballistic missile submarine fleet. Original plans called for its retirement in 2002, but instead underwent a 36-month ...