USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640)

GPTKB entity

Properties (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Trident_missiles
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Navy Expeditionary Medal
Submarine_Combat_Patrol_Insignia
gptkbp:builder gptkb:General_Dynamics_Electric_Boat
gptkbp:class Benjamin_Franklin-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 1964
gptkbp:crewSize 140
gptkbp:decommissioned 1993
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkbp:displacement 8,250 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1995
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_A._McGowan
gptkbp:firstHomePort Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Naval_Submarine_Base_New_London
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640)
gptkbp:launched 1963
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral
gptkbp:length 425 feet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Ben_Franklin
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in numerous deterrent patrols
gptkbp:numberOfEpisodes 16
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operationalRange Unlimited
gptkbp:propulsion Nuclear
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Ohio-class_submarine
gptkbp:serviceYears 29 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_James_Madison_(SSBN-627)
USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629)
USS John Adams (SSBN-620)
USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610)
USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643)
gptkbp:speed 20 knots submerged
gptkbp:status Scrapped