All Wood Ships: Benjamin Franklin Class: SSBN-640, Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines

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Image: SSBN-640 "USS Benjamin Franklin"

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Base either solid brass or wooden pedestals

CAD rendering used with permission of
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Standard model - as shown below
SSBN-640 "USS Benjamin Franklin"
(or any Ben Franklin SSBN-641 to SSBN-659)
Scale 1:250 / 20.5" long - bases vary

Special Price $199.95 Shipping $45.00 Total $244.95

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"USS Benjamin Franklin", Master Series
- built with 4 open missile hatches, not custom -

Scale 1:192 / 27"
Price: $698

Deposit $250

Scale 1:150 / 34"
Price: $998

Deposit $350

Scale 1:120 / 43"
Price: $1598

Deposit $550

Master Series Submarines Pictorial

Any Benjamin Franklin Class, custom
- configured as per your boat and circa -

Scale 1:192 / 27"
Price: $998

Deposit $350

Scale 1:150 / 34"
Price: $1298

Deposit $450

Scale 1:120 / 43"
Price: $1898

Deposit $650

We'll contact you for replication details after ordering

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SSBN-640 USS Benjamin Franklin was the lead ship of her class. Similar to the Lafayette Class, the twelve Benjamin Franklin Class subs (SSBN-640 to SSBN-659) had quieter machinery and were thus considered a separate class.

Two of these submarines (SSBN-642 Kamehameha and SSBN-645 James K Polk) were later converted to SEAL mission capable attack submarines. The 19 month long conversions from ballistic missile submarines to attack/special warfare submarines occurred in the mid 1990s.

The inactivation of the James K Polk in January 1999 leaves the Kamehameha as the Navy's only former ballistic missile submarine equipped with Dry Deck Shelters.

Benjamin Franklin Class specifications
Length	425 feet
Beam	33 feet
Displacement	6,650 tons, 8,250 tons submerged
Power	One S5W nuclear reactor 15,000 hp, 1 screw
Speed	20+ knots, submerged 25 knots
Dive depth	1,300+ feet
Complement	13 officers, 130 enlisted men
Missiles	16 launch tubes for Polaris or Poseidon
Torpedoes	Four bow tubes with Mk-48 torpedoes

Benjamin Franklin Class Boats
Submarine	Commissioned	Decommissioned
SSBN-640 Benjamin Franklin	22 Oct 65	23 Nov 93
SSBN-641 Simon Bolivar	29 Oct 65	24 Feb 95
SSBN-642 Kamehameha - converted to SSN	10 Dec 65	active
SSBN-643 George Bancroft	22 Jan 66	21 Sep 93
SSBN-644 Lewis and Clark	22 Dec 65	01 Aug 92
SSBN-645 James K Polk - converted to SSN	16 Apr 66	08 Jan 99
SSBN-654 George C Marshall	29 Apr 66	24 Sep 92
SSBN-655 Henry L Stimson	20 Aug 66	05 May 93
SSBN-656 George Washington Carver	15 Jun 66	18 Mar 93
SSBN-657 Francis Scott Key	03 Dec 66	02 Sep 93
SSBN-658 Mariano G Vallejo	16 Dec 65	09 Mar 95
SSBN-659 Will Rogers	01 Apr 67	12 Apr 93