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 | 87k | Ethan Allen and Capt. de la Place. May 1775. The capture of Fort Ticonderoga, NY. Copy of engraving after Alonzo Chappel. | NARA FILE # 111-SC-94758. USN photo # HD-SN-99-01671, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
 | 179k | Submarine Silhouettes of 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Skate (SSN-578), Skipjack (SS-585), Triton (SSRN-586), Halibut (SSGN-587), Thresher (SSN-593), Tullibee (SSN-597), George Washington (SSBN-598), & Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) classes. | USN photo submitted by Ron Titus, courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp. | |
 | 187k | Nuclear Submarine Profiles 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Triton (SSRN-586), Skate (SSN-578) & Skipjack (SS-585) classes, Halibut (SSGN-587) & Tullibee (SSN-597) classes, George Washington (SSBN-598) & Thresher (SSN-593) classes. | USN photo courtesy of Ron Titus courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp. Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston | |
 | 876k | SPEAKERS AT LAUNCHING OF ATOMIC SUBMARINE on 22 November 1960. | AP Wire photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 223k | Mrs. Robert H. Hopkins, great-great-great-granddaughter of Ethan Allen gives her ancestor a loving peck on his steel cheek on 22 November 1960. | Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 698k | Workers are making preparations for the launching of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) at Electric Boat on 22 November 1960. | Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 387k | The launching of Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), 22 November 1960. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 150k | Broadside view of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) leaving the launching ways on 22 November 1960. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 332k | PACIFICIST BOARDS ATOMIC SUB on 22 November 1960. | A.P. Wirephoto courtesy of Tommy Trampp. | |
 | 407k | Launching program of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on 22 November 1960. | Photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave. | |
 | 731k | Artwork of an SSN - Saturdays, Sundays, Nights. An Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) class boat runs submerged durng the 1960's. | Photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 127k | Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), underway during her trials, circa late 1960. | Courtesy of Electric Boat. | |
 | 85k | Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) undergoing sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean during late 1960. | USN photo courtesy of pelicanharborsubvets.com & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
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131k | Vice Admiral William Wohlsen Behrens, Jr. was assigned to the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) as Commanding Officer (Gold) from March 1961 to May 1963. | Photo courtesy of the Behrens family & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
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NR | SEA GOING ARMY CHIEF Learning something about the Polaris submarine Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Army Secretary Stahr tries out the controls under instruction of the sub’s commanding officer. Comdr. Paul N. Lacy. (Blue crew). Mr. Stahr’s 24-hour course included a night spent on another atomic submarine, the Seawolf (SSN-575). | A.P. Wirephoto. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 07 July 1961, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 520k | Commissioning ceremonies for the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on 8 August 1961. | Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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49k | Paul Lindsay Lacy Jr, a native of Dallas, Texas, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1943 and attained the rank of Rear Admiral in July, 1967. After duty aboard the Cleveland (CL-56), he served aboard the submarine Sea Cat (SS-399) in the closing days of World War II. He has commanded three submarines -- Guitarro (SS-363), Pickerel (SS-524) and the nuclear-powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Ethan Allen (SSBN-608). Prior to SUBPAC, RADM Lacy was assigned as Manager, Later Design Attack Submarine Project in Washington, D.C. Lacy assumed the duties of Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet on 13 October 1970. He died on Sunday, 14 July 2013. Paul Lacy was the commanding officer of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) from 8 August 1961 to 28 May 1964. |
Text courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory). USN photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. |
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 | 54k | The first Polaris A-2 launch was made by the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), on 23 October 1961 while submerged off the coast of Cape Canaveral. | USN photo courtesy of Lockheed. | |
 | 1.25k | Polaris A-2 Missile fired from Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) off the Florida coast near Cape Canaveral, 23 October 1961. This was the first underwater launch of the second-generation Polaris missile. | USN photograph # Polaris-5, now in the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Subject Files, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com. | |
 | 54k | Commemorative post mark honoring the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on the occasion of the first Polaris A-2 launch on 23 October 1961 while submerged off the coast of Cape Canaveral. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 49k | Commemorative post mark honoring the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on the occasion of the U.S. resuming Nuclear Atmospheric Tests. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 90k | VAdm.Claude Ricketts, newly appointed Vice Chief of Naval Operations, mans the periscope of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608). | USNI photo. | |
 | 61k | Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), 21 March 1962, off the coast of Cape Canaveral. | USN photo courtesy of Schulman PH2. | |
 | 28k | In this still image, from a motion picture taken to document the Frigate Bird event, the nuclear-armed Frigate Bird test missile clears the water shortly after launching from Ethan Allen (SSBN-608). | Photo & text courtesy of navy.mil. Photo appeared in an article from the Fall 2004 edition of Undersea Warfare. | |
 | 21k | This movie still shows a planning conference on board Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) shortly after she arrived in the firing area. RADM Lloyd Mustin, Commander, JTG-8.8, is second from the left. | Photo & text courtesy of navy.mil. Photo appeared in an article from the Fall 2004 edition of Undersea Warfare. | |
 | 15k | Navy Task Group Logo for JTF - 8,(Joint Task Force Eight), Nuclear Atmospheric Test Force in the Pacific, 1962. Operation Dominic I was a series of 36 atmospheric nuclear weapon detonations held in the Pacific Ocean area from April to November 1962. In addition, the Navy conducted two nuclear tests in the open ocean, the first on 4 May about 435 nmi (806 km) east of Christmas Island and the second on 11 May 370 nmi (686 km) southwest of San Diego, Calif. The first, called Frigate Bird, was a missile-launched air burst, a proof test of the Polaris weapon system, launched from the submarine, Ethan Allen (SSBN-608). | Photo courtesy Chet Morris and submitted by Fabio Pen~a. Text courtesy of dtra.mil. | |
 | 79k | Crew of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) man the bridge in this 1964 photo. The officer on the left has his hand on a signal lamp. | USN photo courtesy of NARA. | |
 | 95k | A torpedo-man rolls a Mk 16 torpedo into position aboard the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) for stowing. | USN photo courtesy of NARA. | |
 | 113k | Checking the fish aboard the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608). | USN photo # NPC K-41154, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 105k | Ethan Allen's (SSBN-608) captain on the radio-phone giving his orders to the missile control center during a launch exercise. | USN photo courtesy of NARA. | |
 | 128k | Broadside view of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on 10-67. | USN photo # NPC K-41154, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 150k | Starboard view of the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on 27 May 1969. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 113k | Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) lets one fly on 8-9-74. | USN photo # NPC K-41154, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 489k | CDR John C. Vick commanded the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) (Blue crew) from July 1975 to 1 November 1979. | USN photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 310k | Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) in early 1981; the first submarine to use the Demagnetizing Facility at Naval Submarine Base Bangor WA. passing through the Magnetic Silencing Facility. | USN photo courtesy of Jim Geldert. Photo i.d. courtesy of Sammy Young, SKCS(SS) (USN) Retired. | |
 | 32k | Despite what the caption says, Battery Renewal for the Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) on 31 January 1983. The Ethan Allen was being cut in half and the missile compartment was almost completely removed by 31 January 1983. The batteries were removed at Puget Sound naval shipyard in Bremerton, WA. before that date. | Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Roger Crozier. USN photo from the collection of Mr. Palmer Olliff, courtesy of Bob Hall & submitted by Fabio Pena. | |
 | 58k | Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), cut out of the boat class. | Courtesy of globalsecurity.org. | |
 | 31k | Haddock (SSN-621), at top, followed by Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Aspro (SSN-648), Bergall (SSN-667) and Silversides (SSN-679) at bottom, awaiting scrapping at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 1999. | Photo courtesy of Don Shelton. | |
 | 291k | "Sign of the times." March 1994 photo of Nuclear submarines at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard waiting in line for scrapping. Top row left to right are Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Seawolf (SSN-575) Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685) alongside Sperry (AS-12), with Triton (SSRN-586) across the pier from the Sperry . Bottom row, from left to right Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Skipjack (SS-585), Snook (SSN-592), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), Lapon (SSN-661), Dace (SSN-607), Skate (SSN-578), Swordfish (SSN-579), Sargo (SSN-583), Seadragon (SSN-584). Across the pier are Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), and not in view, Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), George Washington (SSBN-598), Barb (SSN-596) & Sea Devil (SSN-664). There are so many submarines at PSNSY that the yard is running out of pier space. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 83k | Trench 94, Hanford Site, Washington, 1994. Hull sections containing defueled reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are put in disposal trenches. Once full, the trench will be filled with dirt and buried. The compartments are expected to retain their integrity for more than 600 years. | USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 569k | Sealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003: Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), Snook (SSN-592), George Washington (SSBN-598), Scamp (SSN-588), Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600), Dace (SSN-607), John Adams (SSBN-620), Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602), Barb (SSN-596), Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Pollack (SSN-603), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685), James Monroe (SSBN-622), Skipjack (SS-585), Nathan Hale (SSBN-623), Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Lafayette (SSBN-616), Sam Houston (SSBN-609), Jack (SSN-605), Haddo (SSN-604), Tinosa (SSN-606), Guardfish (SSN-612), Permit (SSN-594), Queenfish (SSN-651), Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), John Marshall (SSBN-611), George C. Marshall (SSBN-654), Flasher (SSN-613), Guitarro (SSN-665), Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617), George Washington Carver (SSBN-656), Tecumseh (SSBN-628), Halibut (SSGN-587), Will Rogers (SSBN-659), Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655), Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), Greenling (SSN-614), John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), Skate (SSN-578), Sargo (SSN-583), Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), Sturgeon (SSN-637), Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640), Swordfish (SSN-579), Seadragon (SSN-584), Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634), Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641), Hammerhead (SSN-663), Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) , Tullibee (SSN-597), Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644), Pargo (SSN-650), Seahorse (SSN-669), Gurnard (SSN-662), Flying Fish (SSN-673), Gato (SSN-615), Puffer (SSN-652), Seawolf (SSN-575), Baton Rouge (SSN-689), Bergall (SSN-667), Whale (SSN-638), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), James Madison (SSBN-627), Finback (SSN-670), Spadefish (SSN-668), Sunfish (SSN-649), George Bancroft (SSBN-643), Grayling (SSN-646), Pintado (SSN-672), Tunny (SSN-682), Archerfish (SSN-678), & Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624). As time passes & more boats are retired from service and their reactors are brought here, so the numbers rise. In this photo dated November 2009, 98 nuclear submarines and six nuclear cruisers have been recycled. For an up to date view, click here | USN photo submitted by Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). Insert link courtesy of wikimedia.org |
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