USS Ohio SSGN 726 is on the way to the shipyard grave

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https://www.businessinsider.com/navy...LCvkFntxaaim7o

After 45 years, the Navy is planning to 'recycle' a first-of-its-kind missile submarine

USS Ohio SSGN 726 is on the hit list for deactivation

In December, the US Navy released its 30-year ship-building plan, which called for building 404 new vessels to reach a 541-ship fleet by 2051, with 304 current vessels retired over that period.

Fourteen of the vessels to be retired are nuclear-powered and thus need to be recycled as part of the Navy's Ship-Submarine Recycling Program to ensure safe disposal of their nuclear reactors and fuel.

Those ships include the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and 13 nuclear submarines: 11 Los Angeles-class attack subs and two Ohio-class cruise-missile submarines, known as SSGNs.

USS Ohio, lead ship of the class, will be one of the two SSGNs recycled. It will be the end of a four-decade career for the first sub of its kind.

More information about the Ohio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ohio_(SSGN-726)