The US Navy’s oldest submarine still in active service has returned to the fleet after three years of maintenance.
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 positioned to respond to regional threats.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, announced the completion last week, writing in a release that the nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine had undergone interior mechanical repairs and shaft replacement.
The main ballast tanks and superstructure were also fixed, and the submarine underwent several modernization tweaks, including torpedo tube upgrades.
