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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Thomas A. Edison |
| Namesake | Thomas Edison (1847–1931) |
| Ordered | 1 July 1959 |
| Builder | Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation |
| Laid down | 15 March 1960 |
| Launched | 15 June 1961 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Madeleine Edison Sloane |
| Commissioned | 10 March 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 1 December 1983 |
| Stricken | 30 April 1986 |
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| Fate | Recycling via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 1 December 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ethan Allen-class submarine |
| Type | Ballistic Missile Submarine |
| Displacement | 6,900 tons surfaced 7,900 tons submerged |
| Length | 410 feet 4 inches (125.07 m) |
| Beam | 33.1 feet (10.1 m) |
| Draft | 27 feet 5 inches (8.36 m) |
| Propulsion | S5W reactor – two geared steam turbines – one shaft |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced, 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) submerged |
| Test depth | 1,300 feet (400 m) |
| Complement | 12 Officers and 128 Enlisted (two crews Blue and Gold) |
| Armament | 16 fleet ballistic missiles, 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), an Ethan Allen-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the inventor Thomas Edison (1847–1931).