Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The fourth commissioned USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) was the 18th and last ship of the Ohio class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines. Louisiana was laid down at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 27 July 1996, and commissioned on 6 September 1997. She is homeported in King's Bay, Georgia. Other ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Louisiana; see that index page. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.