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Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) (SSN-608)

Ethan Allen Class Ballistic Missile Submarine: Laid down, 14 September 1959, at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., Groton, CT.; Launched, 22 November 1960; Commissioned, USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), 8 August 1961; Redesignated Attack Submarine (SSN-608), 1 September 1980; Decommissioned, 31 March 1983; Struck from the Naval Register, 2 April 1983; Final Disposition, disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 30 July 1999, listed as scrapped.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 6,946 t., Submerged: 7,884 t.; Length 410'; Beam 34'; Draft 32'; Speed, Surfaced 16 kts, Submerged 21 kts; Complement 110, (each Blue and Gold); Armament, 16 missile tubes; four 21" torpedo tubes, (forward); Propulsion, S5W Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactor, 2 geared turbines at 15,000 shp, one propeller.
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Ethan Allen87k Ethan Allen and Capt. de la Place. May 1775. The capture of Fort Ticonderoga, NY. Copy of engraving after Alonzo Chappel.
NARA FILE # 111-SC-94758. USN photo # HD-SN-99-01671, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
Submarine Silhouettes 1960179kSubmarine Silhouettes of 1960:
Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Skate (SSN-578), Skipjack (SS-585), Triton (SSRN-586), Halibut (SSGN-587), Thresher (SSN-593), Tullibee (SSN-597), George Washington (SSBN-598), & Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) classes.
U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Ron Titus, courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp.
Nuclear Submarine Profiles187kNuclear Submarine Profiles 1960:
Nautilus (SSN-571),
Seawolf (SSN-575),
Triton (SSRN-586),
Skate (SSN-578) & Skipjack (SS-585) classes,
Halibut (SSGN-587) & Tullibee (SSN-597) classes,
George Washington (SSBN-598) &
Thresher (SSN-593) classes. 		US Navy photo courtesy of Ron Titus courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp. Photo i.d. courtesy of Dave Johnston.
Ethan Allen127kEthan Allen (SSBN-608), underway during her trials, circa late 1960.
Courtesy of Electric Boat.
60885kEthan Allen (SSBN-608) undergoing sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean during late 1960.USN photo courtesy of pelicanharborsubvets.com & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
Behrens 131k Vice Admiral William Wohlsen Behrens, Jr. was assigned to the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) as Commanding Officer (Gold) from March 1961 to May 1963.
 Photo courtesy of the Behrens family & submitted by Bill Gonyo. Photo added 03/17/09.
Ethan Allen54kThe first Polaris A-2 launch was made by the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), on 23 October 1961 while submerged off the coast of Cape Canaveral.
USN photo courtesy of Lockheed.
Ethan Allen54kCommemorative post mark honoring the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on the occasion of the first Polaris A-2 launch on 23 October 1961 while submerged off the coast of Cape Canaveral.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Ethan Allen49kCommemorative post mark honoring the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on the occasion of the U.S. resuming Nuclear Atmospheric Tests.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Ethan Allen90kVAdm.Claud Ricketts, newly appointed Vice Chief of Naval Operations, mans the periscope of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608).
USNI photo.
Ethan Allen61kEthan Allen (SSBN-608) 21 March 1962, off the coast of Cape Canaveral.
USN photo courtesy of Schulman PH2.
Ethan Allen15k Navy Task Group Logo for JTF - 8, (Joint Task Force Eight), Nuclear Atmospheric Test Force in the Pacific, 1962.
Operation Dominic I was a series of 36 atmospheric nuclear weapon detonations held in the Pacific Ocean area from April to November 1962.
In addition, the Navy conducted two nuclear tests in the open ocean, the first on 4 May about 435 nmi (806 km) east of Christmas Island and the second on 11 May 370 nmi (686 km) southwest of San Diego, Calif. The first, called Frigate Bird, was a missile-launched airburst, a proof test of the Polaris weapon system, launched from the submarine, Ethan Allen (SSBN-608).
Photo courtesy Chet Morris and submitted by Fabio Peņa. Text courtesy of dtra.mil.
Ethan Allen79k Crew of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) man the bridge in this 1964 photo. The officer on the left has his hand on a signal lamp.
USN photo courtesy of NARA.
Ethan Allen95k A torpedoman rolls a Mk 16 torpedo into position aboard the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) for stowing.
USN photo courtesy of NARA.
Ethan Allen105k Ethan Allen's (SSBN-608) captain on the radio-phone giving his orders to the missle control center during a launch exercise.
USN photo courtesy of NARA.
60832k Battery Renewal for the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on 31 January 1983 on board the Floating drydock Los Almos (AFDB-7). USN photo from the collection of Mr. Palmer Olliff, courtesy of Bob Hall & submitted by Fabio Pena.
Ethan Allen29kEthan Allen (SSBN-608),underway, starboard side view, date and place unknown.
US Navy photo courtesy of Federation of American Scientists.
Ethan Allen58kEthan Allen (SSBN-608), cut out of the boat class.
Courtesy of globalsecurity.org.
Haddock31kHaddock (SSN-621), at top, followed by Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Aspro (SSN-648), Bergal (SSN-667) and Silversides (SSN-679) at bottom, awaiting scrapping at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 1999.Photo courtesy of Don Shelton.
PSNSY291k"Sign of the times." March 1994 photo of Nuclear submarines at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard waiting in line for scrapping.
Top row left to right are Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Seawolf (SSN-575) Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685) alongside Sperry (AS-12), with Triton (SSRN-586) across the pier from the Sperry .
Bottom row, from left to right Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Skipjack (SS-585), Snook (SSN-592), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), Lapon (SSN-661), Dace (SSN-607), Skate (SSN-578), Swordfish (SSN-579), Sargo (SSN-583) , Seadragon (SSN-584).
Across the pier are Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), and not in view, Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), George Washington (SSBN-598),Barb (SSN-596) & Sea Devil (SSN-664).
There are so many submarines at PSNSY that the yard is running out of pier space.
Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
Reactor Compartments83kTrench 94, Hanford Site, Washington, 1994. Hull sections containing defueled reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are put in disposal trenches. Once full, the trench will be filled with dirt and buried. The compartments are expected to retain their integrity for more than 600 years. USN photo & partial text courtesy of home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/rx. & submitted by Jack Treutle.
Spent Fuel569kSealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003:
Patrick Henry (SSBN-599),
Snook (SSN-592),
George Washington (SSBN-598),
Scamp (SSN-588),
Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601),
Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618),
Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600),
Dace (SSN-607),
John Adams (SSBN-620),
Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602),
Barb (SSN-596),
Ethan Allen (SSBN-608),
Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610),
Pollack (SSN-603),
Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685),
James Monroe (SSBN-622),
Skipjack (SS-585),
Nathan Hale (SSBN-623),
Plunger (SSN-595),
Shark (SSN-591),
Lafayette (SSBN-616),
Sam Houston (SSBN-609),
Jack (SSN-605),
Haddo (SSN-604),
Tinosa (SSN-606),
Guardfish (SSN-612),
Permit (SSN-594),
Queenfish (SSN-651),
Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631),
John Marshall (SSBN-611),
George C. Marshall (SSBN-654),
Flasher (SSN-613),
Guitarro (SSN-665),
Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617),
George Washington Carver (SSBN-656),
Tecumseh (SSBN-628),
Halibut (SSGN-587),
Will Rogers (SSBN-659),
Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655),
Daniel Boone (SSBN-629),
Greenling (SSN-614),
John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630),
Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633),
Skate (SSN-578),
Sargo (SSN-583),
Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657),
Sturgeon (SSN-637),
Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640),
Swordfish (SSN-579),
Seadragon (SSN-584),
Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634),
Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641),
Hammerhead (SSN-663),
Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) ,
Tullibee (SSN-597),
Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644),
Pargo (SSN-650),
Seahorse (SSN-669),
Gurnard (SSN-662),
Flying Fish (SSN-673),
Gato (SSN-615),
Puffer (SSN-652),
Seawolf (SSN-575),
Baton Rouge (SSN-689),
Bergall (SSN-667),
Whale (SSN-638),
Henry Clay (SSBN-625),
James Madison (SSBN-627),
Finback (SSN-670),
Spadefish (SSN-668),
Sunfish (SSN-649),
George Bancroft (SSBN-643),
Grayling (SSN-646),
Pintado (SSN-672),
Tunny (SSN-682),
Archerfish (SSN-678),
& Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624).
USN photo & partial text courtesy of home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/rx. & submitted by Jack Treutle.
View the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Ethan Allen SSBN/SSN-608 Association
USS Ethan Allen SSBN-608
USS Ethan Allen - SSBN-608
FAS - SSBN-608 Ethan Allen-Class FBM Submarines
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