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U.S.S. ETHAN ALLEN
(SSBN-608)TRY ME
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USS ETHAN ALLEN (SSBN-608) - an Ethan Allen-class submarine
In Commission 1961 to 1983SSBN-608 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a SSBN-608 Shellback Initiation | Add a SSBN-608 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEP | 1959 | - | Keel Date: 14 SEP 1959 at General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton CT | ||
| OCT | 1960 | - | NOV | 1960 | Blue Crew DASO & 8 Missile Ripple Shots |
| NOV | 1960 | - | Launch Date: 22 NOV 1960 | ||
| NOV | 1960 | - | NOV | 1960 | Launching at EB |
| NOV | 1960 | - | JAN | 1963 | polaris launch near manila for air show |
| FEB | 1961 | - | MAR | 1961 | Operation Frigid Bird - Nations Only Live Nuclear Warhead Firing |
| AUG | 1961 | - | Commissioned: 8 AUG 1961 | ||
| OCT | 1961 | - | The first launch of a POLARIS A2 test vehicle | ||
| APR | 1962 | - | MAY | 1962 | first polaris A2 launch pacific |
| APR | 1962 | - | MAY | 1962 | The Frigate Bird test of a fully-armed Polaris missile. |
| JUN | 1962 | - | SEP | 1962 | First deployment out of Charleston ending in Holy Loch |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | On Blue Patrol During Cuban Missile Crisis |
| NOV | 1962 | - | FEB | 1963 | North Pole |
| MAR | 1963 | - | JUN | 1963 | North Atlantic |
| JUL | 1963 | - | NOV | 1963 | North Atlantic |
| NOV | 1963 | - | FEB | 1964 | North Atlantic |
| DEC | 1963 | - | FEB | 1964 | North Atlantic |
| MAR | 1964 | - | JUN | 1964 | North Atlantic |
| SEP | 1964 | - | NOV | 1964 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| DEC | 1964 | - | MAY | 1965 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1965 | - | JUN | 1965 | North Atlantic |
| MAY | 1966 | - | SEP | 1967 | Regular Overhaul |
| FEB | 1969 | - | MAY | 1972 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1974 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 SEP 1974 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 JAN 1976 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1978 | - | JAN | 1979 | Deterrent Patrol COMSUBRON 15 |
| APR | 1979 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 APR 1979 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1983 | - | Decommissioned: 31 MAR 1983 | ||
SSBN-608 General Specifications
Class: Ethan Allen-class submarine
Named for: Ethan Allen (1738-1789)
Complement: 12 Officers and 128 Enlisted
Displacement: 6955 tons
Length: 410 feet 4 inches
Beam: 33.1 feet
Flank Speed: 16 kn
Final Disposition: Recycling via the Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 July 1999