Category: cold war us navy
Benjamin Franklin class (1964)
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1962-66), service 1965-1999: (SSBN-616-659). The Benjamin Franklin is considered a sub-class of the larger Lafayette class,…
USS Halibut (1959)
The Only Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile US Sub Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (1957-60), service 1960-1976 as SSGN-587 USS Halibut (SSGN-587) was…
James Madison class SSBN (1963)
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (built 1963-64), service 1964-1994: James Madison, Tecumseh, Daniel Boone, John C. Calhoun, Ulysses S. Grant, Von…
Lafayette class SSBNs (1965)
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1958-61), service 1963-1994: Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, John Adams, James Monroe, Nathan Hale, Woodrow Wilson,…
Sturgeon class submarines (1966)
Nuclear-powered attack submarines (1960-69), service 1961-1993: USS Sturgeon, Whale, Tautog, Grayling, Pogy, Aspro, Sunfish, Pargo, Queenfish, Puffer, Ray, Sand Lance,…
Ticonderoga class Cruisers (1981)
27 Cruisers 1980-1994, in service today (5 scrapped): Ticonderoga, Yorktown, Vincennes, Valley Forge, Thomas S. Gates, Bunker Hill, Mobile Bay,…
Ethan Allen class SSBN (1960)
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1958-61), service 1961-1990: Ethan Allen, Sam Houston, Thomas A. Edison, John Marshall, Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-608 –…
Permit class Submarines (1960)
Nuclear-powered attack submarines (1958-67), service 1961-1993: USS Thresher, Permit, Plunger, Barb, Pollack, Haddo, Jack, Tinosa, Dace, Guardfish, Flasher, Greenling, Gato,…
Georges Washington class SSBN (1959)
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1958-61), service 1959-1985: USS George Washington, Patrick Henry, Theodore Roosevelt, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-598…
Essex class (Cold War)
Fleet aircraft carriers – SBC-27, 125 and 144 Programs 17 ships 1943-1990 USS Hornet in 1954 in the Carribean 4…
