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New US Submarines Trade Nukes for SEALs Published: 2/27/08, 8:25 AM EDT By ERIC TALMADGE ABOARD THE USS OHIO (AP) - Capt. Andy Hale has just worked out and is still in a sweaty T-shirt and shorts as he stands in the battle command center. He is watching a flat screen display that shows what's happening outside on the bow and the aft. His billion-dollar submarine - the U.S. Navy's newest twist on underwater warfare - is hovering just below the surface off the Pacific island of Guam as a submersible disappears into the dark waters, carrying a team of...

U.S. Nuclear Submarine Docks in Busan A U.S. Navy guided-missile submarine has arrived in Busan for a visit. The USS Ohio is now docked at the pier of the South Korean Naval Operations Command in the southern port city. Capt. Andrew Hale, the sub's commanding officer, appeared confident on Tuesday afternoon when he spoke to Korean and foreign journalists who were invited onboard the giant vessel. It measures 170 m long with a beam of 12.8 m. The Ohio (SSGN 726) arrived in Busan last Wednesday to participate in Exercise Key Resolve/Foal Eagle, an annual combined/joint exercise involving forces...

BUSAN, South Korea — The revamped USS Ohio introduced itself to South Korea on Tuesday, marking the first time a nuclear-powered submarine has docked alongside the nation’s shores. Both U.S. and South Korean special forces will use the submarine during the Key Resolve/Foal Eagle exercise happening throughout March in South Korea, said 7th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Doug Crowder. The Ohio now has more conventional weapons than any other submarine in the world, Capt. Andy Hale told a large contingent of mostly South Korean media at Busan’s naval port. However, it didn’t begin its life that way. The Ohio carried...

New class of submarine all about mission of stealth The Associated Press 02.17.2008 ABOARD THE USS OHIO — Capt. Andy Hale has just worked out and is still in a sweaty T-shirt and shorts as he stands in the battle command center. He is watching a flat-screen display that shows what's happening outside on the bow and the aft. His billion-dollar submarine — the U.S. Navy's newest twist on underwater warfare — is hovering just below the surface off the Pacific island of Guam as a submersible disappears into the dark waters, carrying a team of commandos. The USS Ohio...

PORT HADLOCK - Two Jefferson County residents were arrested Saturday outside the entrance gates of Naval Magazine Indian Island as 16 people brandished cardboard signs - and one spilled marinara sauce to symbolize blood - to protest Thursday's arrival of the nuclear-powered submarine USS Ohio at the munitions base. Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies arrested Liz Rivera Goldstein, 49, of Port Townsend, and Bethel Alice Prescott, 46, of Irondale, on investigation of disorderly conduct when they blocked the entrance to the base after a five-minute warning to clear the way expired at about 2 p.m. Both women face a charge of...