USS Andrew Jackson
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USS Andrew Jackson was a Lafayette-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the Uni
USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619)
President Kennedy watching USS Andrew Jackson launch a Polaris A-2 missile.
UGM-73 Poseidon
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The UGM-73 Poseidon missile was the second US Navy nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile system, powered by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket. It succeeded the UGM-27 Polaris beginning in 197
USS Andrew Jackson
…BQS-4 sonar Armament 4 × 21 in (530 mm) Mark 65 torpedo tubes with Mark 113 firecontrol system, for Mark 48 torpedoes 16 × vertical tubes for Polaris or Poseidon ballistic missiles USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) was a Lafayette-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. She was the second ship of the…
A Poseidon missile lifts off after being launched from the submerged USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) in May 1979
The Mark 3 Reentry Body (RB) that would contain the W68 warhead carried by Poseidon.
Mark 3 with objects for scale.
Poseidon missile on display at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park.