USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640)
USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640) puts out to sea |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Benjamin Franklin |
| Namesake: | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an American journalist, publisher, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, public servant, scientist, librarian, diplomat, and inventor |
| Ordered: | 1 November 1962 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down: | 25 May 1963 |
| Launched: | 5 December 1964 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Francis L. Moseley and Mrs. Leon V. Chaplin |
| Commissioned: | 22 October 1965 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 November 1993 |
| Struck: | 23 November 1993 |
| Fate: | Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 21 August 1995 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Benjamin Franklin-class fleet ballistic missile submarine |
| Displacement: | 7,300 long tons (7,417 t) surfaced 8,250 long tons (8,382 t) submerged |
| Length: | 425 ft (130 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Installed power: | 15,000 shp (11,185 kW) |
| Propulsion: | One S5W pressurized-water nuclear reactor, two geared steam turbines, one shaft |
| Speed: | Over 20 knots |
| Test depth: | 1,300 feet (400 m) |
| Complement: | Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold Crew) of 120 men each |
| Armament: | • 16 × ballistic missile tubes • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (all forward) |
USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN 640), the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), the American journalist, publisher, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, public servant, scientist, librarian, diplomat, and inventor.a
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