The Most Largest Submarines Ever Built For The U.S. Navy\r
\r
\r
\r
The Ohio class is a class of nuclear-powered submarines currently used by the United States Navy. The navy has 18 Ohio-class submarines: 14 BM submarines (SSBN) and four that were later converted to GD submarines (SSGN).\r
\r
The Ohio class was named after the lead submarine of this class, USS Ohio. The 14 Trident II SSBNs together carry approximately fifty percent of the total US ive inventory of strategic thermonuclear warheads. Although the Trident missiles have no pre-set targets when the submarines go on patrol,[citation needed] the warships are capable of quickly being targeted using secure and constant radio communications links, including very low frequency (VLF) systems. All the Ohio-class submarines, except for USS Henry M. Jackson, are named for U.S. states, which until that point was a tradition reserved for battleships and cruisers.\r
\r
The Ohio-class submarines are the largest submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy. Two classes of the Russian Navys submarines have larger total displacements: the Soviet-designed Typhoon-class submarines have more than twice the total displacement, and Russias Borei-class submarines have roughly 25 percent greater displacement, but the Ohio-class boats carry more mis-iles than either: 24 Trident mis-iles per boat, versus 16 mis-iles for the Borei class (20 for the Borei II) and 20 for the Typhoon class.