The contract to build Ohio was awarded to the [Electric Boat]? Division of [General Dynamics]? Corporation, [Groton, Connecticut]? on July 1, 1974. Her keel was laid by Mrs. Robert Taft, wife of Senator Taft, on April 10, 1976. On February 2, 1978, the Precommissioning Unit was formed with Commander A. K. Thompson as its Commanding Officer. Ohio was launched April 7, 1979, and christened by Mrs. Annie Glenn, wife of Senator John H. Glenn. In the summer of 1981, sea trials were held to test the equipments, systems and ship that were to be accepted by the United States Navy, and the submarine was delivered to the US Navy on October 28, 1981. On November 11, 1981, Ohio was commissioned. The principal speaker, The Honorable George Bush, [Vice President of the United States]?, remarked to the 8000 assembled guests that the ship introduced a "new dimension in our nation's strategic deterrence," and [Admiral Hyman G. Rickover]? noted that the Ohio should "strike fear in the hearts of our enemies." On that day, Captain A. K. Thompson assumed command of USS Ohio (SSBN 726)(BLUE) and Captain A. F. Campbell assumed command of USS Ohio (SSBN 726)(GOLD).
Following Post Shakedown Availability at Electric Boat Division, Ohioleft the Atlantic and transited to her new home port, [Bangor, Washington]?, by way of [Cape Canaveral]? where she tested her missile launch systems and the Panama Canal, arriving on August 12, 1982. During August and September 1982, the first loadout of Trident C-4 missiles and a predeployment refit were conducted. Ohio and her Blue Crew departed on the first Trident Submarine Strategic Deterrent Patrol in October 1982.
From June 1993 to June 1994 Ohio underwent overhaul at [Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]?, [Bremerton, Washington]?, receiving extensive upgrades to sonar, fire control, and navigation systems. Ohio resumed strategic deterrent patrols in January 1995 as part of Submarine Squadron Seventeen, Submarine Group Nine, Pacific Submarine Force.
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