The Benjamin Franklin class of US ballistic missile submarines were in Navy service from the 1960sā2000s. The class was an evolutionary development from...
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of the earlier A-2. This class, together with the George Washington, Ethan Allen, Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin classes, composed the "41 for Freedom"...
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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...
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The James Madison and Benjamin Franklin classes are combined with the Lafayettes in some references. The first eight submarines initially deployed with...
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the Borei class (16) or the deactivated Typhoon class (20). Like their predecessors the Benjamin Franklin and Lafayette-class, the Ohio-class SSBNs are...
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USS Will Rogers (category Benjamin Franklin-class submarines)
R by her crews) was a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine ā the last of the "41 for Freedom" Polaris submarines. She was the only ship...
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USS Mariano G. Vallejo (category Benjamin Franklin-class submarines)
USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658), was a Benjamin Franklin-class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was named for Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807ā1890)...
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USS George Washington Carver (category Benjamin Franklin-class submarines)
USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656), a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to...
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USS James K. Polk (category Benjamin Franklin-class submarines)
USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645), a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for...
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Allen, Lafayette, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin classes, comprised the "41 for Freedom" group of submarines that represented the Navy's main contribution...
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