While both submarines are nuclear-powered, they have different missions. The USS Kentucky is a ballistic missile submarine, part of the government’s strategic nuclear triad.
The USS Annapolis arrived at a port on South Korea’s Jeju Island about a week after the USS Kentucky docked in Busan. Navy officials there said the Los Angeles-class attack submarine was at Jeju Island to replenish supplies.
The decision to stage a port visit for the USS Kentucky was seen as a move to reassure the South Korean public, which has become increasingly wary of North Korean nuclear saber-rattling, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency.
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