.jpg) USSWyoming (SSBN-742) approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay on 9 January 2009. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSWyoming |
| Namesake | State of Wyoming |
| Ordered | 18 October 1989 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat,Groton, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 8 August 1991 |
| Launched | 15 July 1995 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Monika B. Owens |
| Commissioned | 13 July 1996 |
| Homeport | Kings Bay, GA |
| Motto |
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| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ohio-classballistic missile submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 560 ft (170 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft (13 m)[2] |
| Draft | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | Greater than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[6] |
| Test depth | Greater than 800 feet (240 m)[6] |
| Complement | |
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USSWyoming (hull numberSSBN-742) is aUnited States NavyOhio-classballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1996. She is the fourth US Navy ship to be named USSWyoming, although it was only the third named after the state ofWyoming.[a]
The contract to buildWyoming was awarded to theElectric Boat Division of theGeneral Dynamics Corporation inGroton, Connecticut, on 18 October 1989 and herkeel was laid down there on 8 August 1991. She waslaunched on 15 July 1995, sponsored by Mrs. Monika B. Owens, andcommissioned on 13 July 1996.
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On 26 July 1996,Wyoming arrived atKings Bay Naval Submarine Base,Georgia, becoming the ninth submarine to behome-ported there.
On 6 June 2012,Wyoming participated in a historic medevac exercise with aBell Boeing V-22 Osprey making a 12,000 nautical mile flight to collect a stretcher from the submarine.[7]
On 7 January 2018, she arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard to begin a 27-month overhaul to include midlife refueling, technological upgrades, and new berthing spaces for enlisted women.[8]
In 2011,Wyoming became one of the first four submarines to take on female officers. During patrols from August to November 2013 and March to June 2014, four women were secretly recorded in the shower changing room, including midshipmen and officers assigned to the boat. Up to twelve male sailors, allpetty officers, were implicated, though it is believed that only one of them made the recordings with a smartphone, and then shared them. Of the twelve sailors that were investigated, ten were prosecuted and convicted, with sentences ranging from prison time to reductions in pay.[9][10]
On 9 October 2020, she completed her 27-month overhaul and returned to Kings Bay, GA.[11]
On 17 September 2021,Wyoming conducted a successful, two-missile test flight of unarmed life-extendedTrident II (D5LE) missiles on the Eastern Test Range off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.[12]
Wyoming conducted an exchange of command at sea in January 2022. "This regularly scheduled exchange of command at sea demonstrates the continuity and operational flexibility of our sea-based nuclear deterrence operations and our ready, reliable ballistic-submarine force," said a Navy spokesperson.[13]
On 24 March 2022Wyoming became the first ballistic submarine in US Navy history to complete a deterrent patrol with enlisted females as part of the crew.[14]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromWyoming (SSBN-742) at theNaval Vessel Register.Eight hours of interviews and footage captured byC-SPAN cameras during 24 hours spent onWyoming:
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