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Encyclopedia > USS Ethan Allen

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Ethan Allen in honor of Ethan Allen, the guerilla leader of the Green Mountain Boys.

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USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (376 words)
USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), lead ship of her class, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Ethan Allen.
To make room for the new Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines within the limitations of SALT II, Ethan Allen's missile tubes (and those of other earlier ballistic missile submarines) were disabled and she was redesignated an attack submarine with hull classification symbol SSN-608 on 1 September 1980.
The destruction of Ethan Allen was intended to simulate the explosion and sinking of a nuclear missile submarine, although the Ethan Allen class boats were considerably smaller than the Typhoon/Akula class ones.
Encyclopedia: Ethan Allen (1369 words)
Ethan Allen (January 10, 1738 – February 12, 1789) was an early American revolutionary and guerrilla leader during the era of the Vermont Republic and the New Hampshire Grants.
Allen settled a homestead in the delta of the Winooski River near the modern city of Burlington.
Allen died in 1789 of a stroke at the age of 51.
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