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Originally reported on last February by Jeremy Hengest for an April release, the USS Florida is to be released later this year.

Florida was commissioned on June 18 1983, and on her shakedown tour she successfully launched a Trident missile. In an important event in her life, USS Florida entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 2003 to undergo refueling and convert into a cruise missile submarine (SSBN to SSGN). This process was completed in 2006. USS Florida was involved in Operation Odyssey Dawn, the intervention in Libya in March 2011. The 16,500-tonne submarine fired 93 Tomahawk cruise missiles to help overwhelm Libyan air defense targets. This was the first combat action for any Ohio-class boat.

The kit been updated compared to the original release USS Ohio release, with a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) mounted on the deck. This system enables teams of SEALs to be infiltrated and exfiltrated in littoral areas, with the DDS housing swimmer delivery vehicles (SDV).

Apparently making an appearance at the 2014 Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan, talk is the release will be in the 3rd quarter of 2014. MSW will update with more information as it becomes available for this kit.