USS Michigan: 1980 Launch Of US Navy Nuclear Submarine Triton Ballistic Missiles
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:25598877 | Modified Item: No |
| Original/Reproduction: Original | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Type: Book | Theme: Militaria |
| Time Period Manufactured: 1976-89 |
USS Michigan: 1980 US Navy Nuclear Submarine LaunchUSS Michigan: Launching April 26, 1980. General Dynamics Electric Boat Division(1980). Pamphlet in stapled oblongpictorial wraps, 12 pages. Illustratedwith color photos throughout. USS Michigan (originally SSBN-727/now SSGN-727) is an Ohio-classnuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that has been converted into aguided missile submarine and is part of the United States Navy. She is thethird ship to bear the... name of the state of Michigan.Michigan was constructed at the Electric Boat Division of GeneralDynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, and was commissioned on 11September 1982. Michigan arrived in Bangor, Washington, on 16 March 1983 andcompleted sixty-six Strategic Deterrent Patrols. She was originally designedand commissioned as a ballistic missile submarine capable of deploying 24Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) with nuclear warheads.Very good condition, minor wear.Winning bidder pays S&H.
