USS Maryland (SSBN-738)
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 14 March 1986 |
| Laid down: | 22 April 1986 |
| Launched: | 10 August 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 13 June 1992 |
| Decommissioned: | N/A |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2005. |
| Homeport: | Kings Bay, Georgia |
| Motto: | Timete Deum Solum et Ignominiam - Fear Only God and Dishonor |
| Struck: | N/A |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 18,750 tons |
| Length: | 560 ft |
| Beam: | 42 ft |
| Draught: | 38 ft |
| Propulsion: | S8G reactor |
| Speed: | |
| Complement: | Crew: 13 officers, 140 enlisted |
| Armament: | 24 tubes for Trident I and II, Mark 48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes |
The fourth USS Maryland (SSBN-738) is the 13th of 18 Ohio-class submarines in the United States Navy.
Built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, Maryland was commissioned in 13 June 1992.
She is part of the Atlantic Fleet and homeported in Kings Bay, Georgia.
See USS Maryland for other ships of this name.
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Maryland in fiction
- In Tom Clancy's novel Debt of Honor, Maryland is one of several submarines sent to deal with the Japanese invasion of the Marinas Islands.
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External links
- Photos of USS Maryland (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08738.htm)
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
| Ohio-class submarine |
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