Service History
On 26 July 1996, Wyoming arrived at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, Georgia, becoming the ninth submarine to be home-ported there.
In 2011, the Wyoming became one of the first four submarines to allow female officers.
On 6 June 2012, Wyoming participated in a historic medevac exercise with a Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey making a 12,000 nautical mile flight to collect a stretcher from the submarine.
Read more about this topic: USS Wyoming (SSBN-742)
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