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USS Kentucky

Kentucky (SSBN-737) is documented as one ship in the WAR-CL-000409 roster.

An aerial view showing the sail structure of the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine, Kentucky (SSBN-737) on 1 January 1992.
An aerial view showing the sail structure of the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine, Kentucky (SSBN-737) on 1 January 1992.This image was released by the United States Navy with the ID DN-SC-92-06256 (next) . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing . العربية ∙ বাংলা ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ Bahaso Jambi ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form) ∙ English ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ پښتو ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ slovenščina ∙ svenska ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/− · Public domainImage source
Hull / pennantSSBN-737
ClassOhio class submarine
NavyUnited States Navy
CountryUnited States

What is known about this ship

Kentucky (SSBN-737) is documented as one ship in the WAR-CL-000409 roster.

Class context: Ohio class submarine

All eighteen Ohio-class nuclear submarines form a documented class roster: four SSGN conversions and fourteen SSBNs.

This ship is recorded as a member of Ohio class submarine. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

  1. Ohio-class submarine ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-21
  2. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines - SSBN ↗United States Navy · accessed 2026-09-21
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