USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610)
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | July 1, 1959 |
| Keel laying | March 15, 1960 |
| Launch | June 15, 1961 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | March 10, 1962 |
| Decommissioning | 1st December 1983 |
| Whereabouts | Disassembled |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
7900 ts submerged |
| length |
125.1 meters |
| width |
10.1 meters |
| Draft |
9.1 meters |
| crew |
12 officers, 128 sailors |
| drive |
S5W pressurized water reactor, 15,000 SHP |
| speed |
20 knots |
| Armament |
16 ICBMs, 4 torpedo tubes |
The USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610) was an Ethan Allen-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy . It was named after Thomas Alva Edison , the famous inventor.
history
SSBN-610 was commissioned in 1959 and laid down at Electric Boat at the end of the year . After a construction period of well over a year it was launched and was christened Edison Sloane by Mrs. Madeleine. In March 1962 the Thomas A. Edison was put into service.
For the first few years of its career, the submarine operated from the Holy Loch base in Scotland; the Edison only reached the United States again in 1966 when the first overhaul was due in the Charleston Naval Shipyard . Afterwards, from 1968, the boat moved back to Europe, her home port was Rota in Spain. From 1973 the boat was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, in the same year an overhaul and modernization of the missile complex took place in the Mare Island Naval Shipyard . Following the following test drives, the Edison was stationed in Apra Harbor , Guam .
In 1981, the missile complex was in agreement with SALT I disabled the boat went after that, especially in anti-submarine Exercises, more than hunting submarine SSN-610 . In November 1982, the boat collided while surfacing with the USS Leftwich (DD-984) , where she was badly damaged. The ship was examined in the United States Naval Base Subic Bay and finally drove back to the United States on the surface of the water. There the boat was no longer repaired, but officially decommissioned on December 1, 1983 and canceled until 1997 in the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard .
The USS Thomas A. Edison was the only nuclear-powered missile submarine to carry a normal-sized Steinway piano for 22 years (1961–1983)
Web links
- USS Thomas A. Edison in DANFS (engl.)
- USS Thomas A. Edison on aboutsubs.com (Engl.)