This is in response to North Korea’s growing threat, according to the ministry.
The SSGN will also take part in various friendly exchange activities with the South Korean Navy to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the two countries’ alliance.
The SSGN Michigan was activated in 1982 as a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, and converted to the SSGN in 2007.
The submarine can conduct attack missions using Tomahawk cruise missiles.
The 18,000-ton SSGN is 170 meters long and can be armed with more than 150 Tomahawk missiles, which have a range of 2,500 kilometers, according to the ministry.
On Thursday, the two allied countries concluded the fifth and final round of the Joint Live Fire Exercise, the first of its kind in six years.
The exercise was conducted at a training range near the inter-Korean border to mark an important anniversary of the alliance.
As part of the Washington Declaration, the US promised to deliver a nuclear ballistic missile submarine to the country on a visit.
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