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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The USS Ohio finished major repairs last month and is now certified for unrestricted operations in the Indo-Pacific region, a priority theater where more than half the US Navy submarine fleet is ...

Nuclear submarines are a key part of America's military forces, but we have still lost two of them over the years. Here's ...

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 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 … ...

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 ...

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.