Vintage USS Michigan Slim Zippo NEW Submarine SSBN 727 - 1979 :
This lighter is special; it was issued with a generic Trident submarine logo since it was issued prior to commissioning and before the ship's crest/logo was approved for use.
Michigan was constructed at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut and was commissioned on 11 September 1982. Michigan arrived in Bangor, Washington on 16 March 1983 and completed sixty-six Strategic Deterrent Patrols.
As of June 2007, Michigan has been converted to an SSGN at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Her hull classification symbol then changed from SSBN-727 to SSGN-727. See the listing on SSGN conversions in the Ohio lighter listing for more information.
On 12 December 2009, Michigan returned to Naval Base Kitsap, her home base, completing her first deployment after the SSGN conversion. The deployment began 10 November 2008, and included numerous missions. The ship also completed several theater security cooperation engagements with Pacific Rim nations.
On 28 June 2010 popular, Michigan was one of three Ohio-class submarines involved in a US response to Chinese missile testing in the contested East China Sea. Michigan, Ohio, and Florida all surfaced simultaneously in the waters of South Korea, the Philippines, and the British Indian Ocean Territory respectively.
Product code: NOS USS Michigan Submarine popular SSBN 727 Slim Zippo Lighter - 1979