| Ethan Allen class ballistic missile submarine | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Class Type | Ballistic Missile Submarine |
| Class Name | In honor of Ethan Allen |
| Preceded By | George Washington-class ballistic missile submarine |
| Succeeded By | Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarine |
| Ships of the Class: | A complete list of Ethan Allen class submarines is listed to the left |
The Ethan Allen class of fleet ballistic missile submarine was an evolutionary development from the George Washington class. Together with the George Washington, the Lafayette, the James Madison, and the Benjamin Franklin classes, they comprised the "41 for Freedom." Rather than being designed as Skipjack-class attack submarines with a missile compartment added, the Ethan Allens were designed from scratch as fleet ballistic missile submarines carrying the Polaris A-2 missile. In the early and mid-1970s, they were further upgraded to Polaris A3s.
Boats
- USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608)
- USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609)
- USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610)
- USS John Marshall (SSBN-611)
- USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618)
- (Note out-of-sequence numbering.)
