Next-GenerationAttackSubmarine(SSN[X])Program:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,by RonaldORourke. TheNavy’sColumbia(SSBN-826)classballisticmissilesubmarineprogramisdiscussedin anotherCRSreport:CRSReportR41129,NavyColumbia(SSBN-826)ClassBallisticMissile SubmarineProgram:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldORourke....
The first to enter commission was the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) on 30 December 1959 and the last to inactivate from US Navy service was the USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) on 2 April 2002. Posted in Uncategorized / Tagged 41 for Freedom, ballistic missile submarine, Benjamin Franklin class...