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Uss Michigan (Ssbn-727) | align="center" colspan="2"| | | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| | | warded: | 28 February 1975 | | aid down: | 4 April 1977 | | aunched: | 26 April 1980 | | ommissioned: | 25 May 1985 | | Status: | | | Homeport: | | | olspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics | | isplacement: | 15280 tons surfaced, 16782 tons submerged | | ength: | 560 feet | | eam: | 42 feet | | raft: | 38 feet | | owerplant: | Steam Turbine (Nuclear) | | peed: | 20+ knots | | omplement: | two crews of 13 officers and 140 men each | | rmament: | transition'' (see below) | | otto: | Tuebor | USS Michigan (SSBN/SSGN-727) is the second Ohio-class Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine in the United States Navy. She is the third ship to bear the name of the state of Michigan. Michigan was constructed at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut and was commissioned on 11 September 1982. Michigan arrived in Bangor, Washington on 16 March 1983 and completed sixty-six Strategic Deterrent Patrols. Michigan is currently undergoing conversion to an SSGN at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The expected delivery date is 2007. See the Ohio-class submarine article for more information on the conversions. See USS Michigan for other ships of the same name. References This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various news articles. External links Michigan
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