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USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Thomas_A._Edison_(SSBN-610)
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
Royal Navy ship
Ballasitic missile submarine
gptkbp:armament
gptkb:Polaris_A-2_ballistic_missiles
torpedoes
gptkbp:awards
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Battle_Efficiency_Award
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkbp:beam
33 feet
gptkbp:builder
gptkb:Electric_Boat_Division_of_General_Dynamics
gptkbp:class
gptkb:Lafayette-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned
10 March 1962
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement
140
gptkbp:decommissioned
30 November 1983
gptkbp:displacement
8,250 tons submerged
gptkbp:fate
scrapped via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program
gptkbp:homeport
gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610)
gptkbp:hullNumber
gptkb:SSBN-610
gptkbp:laidDown
15 March 1960
gptkbp:launched
15 June 1961
gptkbp:length
425 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Thomas_Edison
gptkbp:notableEvent
Converted to attack submarine in 1981
Participated in Cold War deterrent patrols
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion
gptkb:S5W_nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:scrapped
1 December 1997
gptkbp:struck
30 November 1983
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:James_Madison-class_submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5