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USS ETHAN ALLEN

(SSBN-608)

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USS ETHAN ALLEN (SSBN-608) - an Ethan Allen-class submarine

In Commission 1961 to 1983

SSBN-608 Deployments - Major Events

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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
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 The Frigate Bird test of a fully-armed Polaris missile.
APR 1962 - MAY 1962 first polaris A2 launch pacific
JUN 1962 - SEP 1962 First deployment out of Charleston ending in Holy Loch
OCT 1962 - OCT 1962 On Blue Patrol During Cuban Missile Crisis
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