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USS Henry Jackson SSBN-730 Model

Sail again on the USS Henry Jackson in this hand crafted 20 inch wooden submarine model. Each piece is carved from wood and hand-painted to provide a piece you’ll love.

Length – 20 inches

USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730), is a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1984. She is the only U.S. Navy ship to have been named for United States Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson (1912–1983) of Washington and the only Ohio-class submarine not named after a U.S. state.

Henry M. Jackson originally was to have been named 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 suddenly died in office on 1 September 1983, Rhode Island was renamed Henry M. Jackson, and the name Rhode Island was transferred to another Ohio-class submarine, USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740).

Henry M. 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. Wiki