We got to pick our orders for our duty station/boat today. I'll be heading to Kings Bay, Georgia next January after a few weeks of leave for the holidays following my graduation (finally) from sub school(s) in Connecticut (for the 99% of you that didn't know where I am right now).

I'll be on the USS Wyoming. That's an SSBN of the Ohio class. It's a relatively newer boat commissioned in 1996. Other than that I really don't know shit about it because I just found out that's where I'll be heading today. I'll let you know how it is next year.

Worry not, it won't be long before my rise to Grand Admiral and, inevitably, Emperor.

Congrats on teh uber scale!

Not the most comfortable boat, but I'm sure you'll adapt.

All glory to Submariner Hyfe!

I'm sure Telan has all the specifics at the ready.

The Ohio-class is a "trident" nuclear missile submarine (that is, er, it carries 24 nuclear warheads). So, don't piss of Hyfe.

Was that a reference to TWA Flight 800?

Half of the Ohio fleet is based out of Kings Bay Georgia, the other half out of Bremerton Washington.

Hmm, since I can't find my Jane's submarines of the world guide, I'll just post this link:

http://www.navysite.de/ssbn/ssbn742.htm

Janes' is excellent. I still flip through the pages where-in the Halifax class Frigates were first highlighted.

Beff Pike

Was that a reference to TWA Flight 800?

That's quite the theory. I hadn't read that one, so no.

From Wikipedia: "The United States Navy confirms that Wyoming was conducting sea trials off the coast of Long Island, New York during the evening of 17 July 1996, but had nothing to do with the loss of TWA Flight 800."

On an unrelated note, it looks like the Wyoming is the 2nd newest boomer (SSBN) next to the Louisiana. Good to know that at least my boat won't be too run down. Some of them are much much older.

And yes, SSBNs/Tridents/Boomers are based only out of Washington and Georgia.

Congrats on the posting, and good luck.

Don't get dead.

:P

(though, with that thing's arsenal, I doubt there'll be much chance of that, heh)