US Missile Submarines
Halibut
General Characteristics,USS Halibut
Builder: Mare Island
Naval Shipyard
Power Plant: One nuclear
reactor, two geared steam
turbines, two shafts
Length: 350 feet
Beam: 29 feet
Displacement: Approx.
3602 tons
Crew: 9 Officers, 108 Enlisted
Arm* The " G " stands for
guided missle which utilized the Regulus missile system.
This missile system later proved to be
unsatisfactory due to improvements in
ballistic missile technology. Armament:
Four torpedo tubes forward.
| USS Halibut (SSN-587)
(ex-SSGN-587)* Commissioned: January 4, 1960 Decommissioned: June 30, 1976 |
George Washington
General Characteristics, George
Washington Class
Builders: General Dynamics Electric Boat
Division; Newport News
Shipbuilding; Mare Island; Portsmouth
Naval Shipyard
Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, two
geared steam turbines, one shaft
Length:
Beam:
Displacement:
Speed: 20+ knots (23+ miles per hour,
36.8 +kph)
Crew:
Armament: MK-48 torpedoes, six torpedo
tubes
Date Deployed: December 30, 1959 (USS
George Washington)
| USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN 598)
Commissioned: December 30, 1959 Decommissioned: January 24, 1985 |
| USS PATRICK HENRY
(SSBN 599)
Commissioned: April 9, 1960 Decommissioned: May 25, 1984 |
| USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT
(SSBN 600)
Commissioned: February 13, 1961 Decommissioned: February 28, 1981 |
| USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN 601)
September 16, 1960 Decommissioned: November 30, 1983 |
| USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (SSBN
602) Commissioned: March 8, 1961 Commissioned: February 28, 1981 |
Ethan Allen
General Characteristics, Ethan Allen
Class
Builders: General Dynamics Electric Boat
Division; Newport News
Shipbuilding
Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, two
geared steam turbines, one shaft
Length:
Beam:
Displacement:
Speed: 20+ knots (23+ miles per hour,
36.8 +kph)
Crew:
Armament: MK-48 torpedoes, six torpedo
tubes
Date Deployed: August 8, 1961 (USS Ethan
Allen)
| USS ETHAN ALLEN (SSBN 608)
Commissioned: August 8, 1961 Decommissioned: March 31, 1983 |
| USS SAM HOUSTON
(SSBN 609)
Commissioned: March 6, 1962 Decommissioned: September 20, 1991 |
| USS THOMAS A. EDISON
(SSBN 610) Commissioned: March 10, 1962 Decommissioned: November 30, 1983 |
| USS JOHN MARSHALL
(SSBN 611) Commissioned: May 21, 1962 Decommissioned: July 22, 1992 |
| USS THOMAS JEFFERSON
(SSBN 618) Commissioned: January 4, 1963 Decommissioned: January 24, 1985 |
Lafayette
General Characteristics, Lafayette Class
Builders: General Dynamics' Electric
Boat Division; Mare Island Naval
Shipyard, Newport News Shipbuilding,
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, one
geared steam turbine, one shaft
Length: 425 feet
Beam: 33 feet
Displacement: Approx. 7,363 tons
Speed: 20+ knots (23+ miles per hour,
36.8 +kph)
Armament: Mk 48 torpedoes; four
torpedo tubes. 16 Polaris missiles
(later
back-fitted to the Poseiden missile
systems
Date Deployed: April 23, 1963 (USS
Lafayette)
| USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616)
Commissioned: April 23, 1963 Decommissioned: August 12, 1991 |
| USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON (SSBN 617) Commissioned: June 27, 1963 Decommissioned: February 23, 1993 |
| USS ANDREW JACKSON
(SSBN 619) Commissioned: July 3, 1963 Decommissioned: August 28, 1989 |
| USS JOHN ADAMS (SSBN
620) Commissioned: May 12, 1964 Decommissioned: March 24, 1989 |
| USS JAMES MONROE (SSBN 622) Commissioned: December 7, 1963 Decommissioned: September 25, 1990 |
| USS NATHAN HALE (SSBN
623) Commissioned: November 23, 1963 Decommissioned: November 3, 1986 |
| USS WOODROW WILSON
(SSBN 624) Commissioned: December 27, 1963 Decommissioned: September 1, 1994 |
| USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN
625) Commissioned: February 20, 1964 Decommissioned: November 6, 1990 |
| USS DANIEL WEBSTER
(SSBN 626)* Commissioned: April 9, 1964 Decommissioned: February 4, 1993 |
* Converted to the Moored Training
Ship in Charleston, S.C. (MTS 626)
James Madison
General Characteristics, James Madison
Class
Builders: General Dynamics Electric
Boat Division
Power Plant: One nuclear reactor,
two geared steam turbines, one shaft
Length:
Beam:
Displacement:
Speed: 20+ knots (23+ miles per
hour, 36.8 +kph)
Crew: 13 Officers, 107 Enlisted
Armament: MK-48 torpedoes, four torpedo
tubes
Date Deployed: July 28, 1964 (USS James
Madison)
| USS JAMES MADISON
(SSBN-627)* Commissioned: July 28, 1964 Decommissioned: November 20, 1992 |
| USS TECUMSEH (SSBN-628) Commissioned: May 29, 1964 Decommissioned: July 23, 1993 |
| USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) Commissioned: April 23, 1964 Decommissioned: February 4, 1994 |
| USS JOHN C CALHOUN
(SSBN-630) Commissioned: September 15, 1964 Decommissioned: March 11, 1994 |
| USS ULYSSES S GRANT
(SSBN-631) Commissioned: July 17, 1964 Deccommissioned: June 12, 1992 |
| USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) Commissioned: September 30, 1964 Decommissioned: February 26, 1994 |
| USS CASIMIR PULASKI
(SSBN-633) Commissioned: August 14, 1964 Decommissioned: March 7, 1994 |
| USS STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634) Commissioned: August 26, 1964 Decommissioned: February 9, 1995 |
| USS SAM RAYBURN (SSBN-635)* Commissioned: December 2, 1964 Decommissioned: December 12, 1986 |
| USS NATHANIEL GREENE
(SSBN-636) Commissioned: December 19, 1964 Decommissioned: December 12, 1986 |
* Now converted to a moored training
platforms MTS-635 (1989) and MTS-626
(1993)
Benjamin Franklin
General Characteristics, Benjamin
Franklin Class
Builders: Mare Island Naval Shipyard; General Dynamics Electric Boat Division
Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, two geared steam turbines, one shaft
Length: 425 feet (129.5 meters)
Beam: 33 feet (10.1 meters)
Displacement: Approx.
8,250 tons (7425 metric tons) submerged
Speed: 20+ knots (23+ miles per hour,
36.8 +kph)
Crew: 15 Officers, 150 Enlisted
Armament: MK-48 torpedoes, four torpedo
tubes
Date Deployed: Oct. 22, 1965 (USS
Benjamin Franklin)
| USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (SSBN-640) Commissioned: October 22, 1965 Decommissioned: November 23, 1993 |
| USS SIMON BOLIVAR
(SSBN-641) Commissioned: October 29, 1965 Decommissioned: February 24, 1995 |
| USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN-642)* Commissioned: December 10, 1965 |
| USS GEORGE BANCROFT
(SSBN-643) Commissioned: January 22, 1966 Decommissioned: September 21, 1993 |
| USS LEWIS AND CLARK
(SSBN-644) Commissioned: December 22, 1965 Decommissioned: August 1, 1992 |
| USS JAMES K. POLK
(SSBN-645)* Commissioned: April 16, 1966 |
| USS GEORGE C. MARSHALL (SSBN-654) Commissioned: April 29, 1966 Decommissioned: September 24, 1992 |
| USS HENRY L. STIMSON
(SSBN-655) Commissioned: August 20, 1966 Decommissioned: May 5, 1993 |
| USS GEORGE W. CARVER
(SSBN-656) Commissioned: June 15, 1966 Decommissioned: March 18, 1993 |
| USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
(SSBN-657) Commissioned: December 3, 1966 Decommissioned: September 7, 1993 |
| USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO (SSBN-658) Commissioned: December 16, 1966 Decommissioned: March 9, 1995 |
* Now converted to SSN-642 & SSN-645
Ohio
General Characteristics, Ohio Class
Builders: General Dynamics
Electric Boat Division.
Power Plant: One nuclear reactor,
two geared steam turbines,
one shaft
Length: 560 feet (170.69 meters)
Beam: 42 feet (10.06 meters)
Displacement: Approx.18,700 tons (16,830
metric tons) submerged
Speed: 20+ knots (23+ miles per hour,
36.8 +kph)Name & Hull Number
*USS Henry M. Jackson was originally
named USS Rhode Island until Henry M. Jackson died, who was a
supporter of the Trident program, so they renamed it USS Henry M.
Jackson.
| USS Ohio (SSBN-726)
Commissioned: November 11, 1981 |
| USS Michigan (SSBN-727)
Commissioned: September 11, 1982 |
| USS Florida (SSBN-728)
Commissioned: June 18, 1983 |
| USS Georgia (SSBN-729)
Commissioned: February 11, 1984 |
| USS Henry M. Jackson
(SSBN-730)(Original named Rhode Island) Commissioned: October 6, 1984 |
| USS Alabama (SSBN-731)
Commissioned: May 25, 1985 |
| USS Alaska (SSBN 732)
Commissioned: January 25, 1986 |
| USS Nevada (SSBN 733)
Commissioned: August 16, 1986 |
| USS Tennessee, (SSBN-734)
Commissioned: December 17, 1988 |
| USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735)
Decommissioned: September 9, 1989 |
| USS West Virginia (SSBN-736)
Commissioned: October 20, 1990 |
| USS Kentucky (SSBN-737)
Commissioned: July 13, 1991 |
| USS Maryland (SSBN-738)
Commissioned: June 13, 1992 |
| USS Nebraska (SSBN-739)
Commissioned: July 10, 1993 |
| USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740)
Commissioned: September 9, 1994 |
| USS Maine (SSBN-741)
Commissioned: September 29, 1995 |
| USS Wyoming (SSBN-742)
Commissioned: July 13, 1995 |
| USS Louisiana (SSBN-743)
Commissioned: 1997 |