USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN 730 - Blue

USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN 730 - Blue The USS HENRY M. JACKSON (BLUE) page is here to provide information regarding the Command and a way to reach out to our families at all times. Henry M.

Jackson originally was to have been named USS Rhode Island. The contract to build Rhode Island was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut, on 6 June 1977 and her keel was laid down there on 19 January 1981. Shortly after Senator Jackson died in office suddenly on 1 September 1983, Rhode Island was renamed Henry M. Jackson, and the name Rhode Is

land was transferred to another Ohio-class submarine, USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740). Jackson was launched on 15 October 1983, sponsored by Senator Jackson's daughter, Ms. Anna Marie Jackson, and commissioned on 6 October 1984, with Captain R. Tindal in command of the Blue Crew and Captain M. A. Farmer in command of the Gold Crew. Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor...
Propellers: one
Length: 560 feet (171 meters)
Beam: 42 feet (12.8 meters)
Draft: 38 feet (12 meters)
Displacement: 18,750 tons
Speed: 20+ knots
Armament: 4 torpedo tubes for MK 48 ADCAP torpedoes, 24 missile tubes capable of carrying Trident II nuclear ballistic missiles.

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