USS Maine (SSBN-741)

Surfaced 16,764 tons, 18,750 tons submerged

170.7 m

12.8 m

11.1 m

15 officers, 140 sailors

A S8G reactor

Dipped 20 kn

24 ICBMs, 4 torpedo tubes

The USS Maine (SSBN-741) is a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy and is part of the Ohio - class. As Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear she leads with 24 ICBMs.

History

SSBN -741 was commissioned in 1988 and established in July 1990 at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut on Kiel. The construction of the submarine took about four years, in July 1994 it was launched from the dock and was named after the U.S. state of Maine. Another year later, after the final finishing and the shipyard sea trials, the Maine was put at the service of the U.S. Navy.

The submarine is in the state of Washington, that on the Pacific coast, stationed.

In fiction

In Tom Clancy's novel " The Echo all fear " the Maine is sunk by a Russian submarine Akula class.