USS Wyoming (SSBN-742)
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 18 October 1989 |
| Laid down: | 8 August 1991 |
| Launched: | 15 July 1995 |
| Commissioned: | 13 July 1996 |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2005. |
| Homeport: | Kings Bay, Georgia |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 16600 tons light, 18700 tons full, 2100 tons dead |
| Length: | 170.6 meters (560 feet) |
| Beam: | 12.8 meters (42 feet) |
| Draft: | 11.5 meters (38 feet) |
| Propulsion: | S8G reactor |
| Complement: | 13 officers, 140 men |
| Armament: | MK-48 Torpedoes
24 Trident II D-5 Ballistic Missiles |
| Motto: | Cedant Arma Toga |
USS Wyoming (SSBN-742), a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Wyoming.
The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 18 October 1989 and her keel was laid down on 8 August 1991. She was launched on 15 July 1995 sponsored by Mrs. Monika B. Owens, and commissioned on 13 July 1996, with Captain Randall D. Preston in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Seth F. Paradise in command of the Gold Crew.
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 26 July, Wyoming arrived at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, becoming the ninth submarine to be homeported there.
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See USS Wyoming for other ships of the same name.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
| Ohio-class submarine |
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SSGN 726 Class: |
| List of submarines of the United States Navy List of submarine classes of the United States Navy |
