The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia returns to its homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, after a 790-day forward-deployment. (U.S. Navy photograph by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ashley Berumen)
The US Navy introduced in a press release that on January 12, 2024, Commander, Submarine Group Ten, Rear Adm. Thomas “T.R.” Buchanan, relieved Capt. Geoffry Patterson as commanding officer of USS Georgia (SSGN 729) Blue Crew on account of lack of confidence in his capability to command.
The USS Georgia is homeported at King’s Bay, Georgia. In accordance with knowledge from the Camden County Sheriff’s Workplace, the place King’s Bay is situated, Patterson was arrested within the early hours of Jan. 9 on expenses together with driving below the affect and improper lane change, reviews Navy.com. In accordance with the sheriff’s web site, Patterson was launched on bond after a cost of greater than $1,800.
Patterson took command of the submarine’s blue crew in Could 2022. The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia‘s final deployment seems to have wrapped up shortly after that, in September 2022. The submarine had been forward-deployed for greater than two years — 790 days.
The Navy presently has 4 guided-missile submarines that had been transformed from Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines. As an alternative of nuclear missiles, the 4 boats as an alternative carry as much as 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles and prepare to ship particular operations forces on covert missions.
Every Navy ballistic and guided-missile submarine has two units of crews, blue and gold. They take turns manning the submarines and taking them on patrol.
The Navy stated that Capt. Christopher Osborn, the commanding officer of USS Georgia gold crew, is now accountable for the boat and famous that “there is no such thing as a affect to operations.”
