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USS John Adams

1963 Lafayette-class submarine
Vehicle Ballistic Missile Submarine Q6138564
USS John Adams
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Facts

12 properties
Instance of
ballistic missile submarine
Armament
Mark 48 torpedo, UGM-27 Polaris, UGM-73 Poseidon[8][9][10]
Country of origin
United States[6]
Country of registry
United States[17]
Described by source
Naval Vessel Register[15]
Manufacturer
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard[4]
Name
USS John Adams[16]
Named after
John Adams[3]
Operator
United States Navy[2]
Powered by
nuclear marine propulsion[7]
Significant event
ship launching, keel laying, ship commissioning, ship decommissioning[11][12][13][14]
Vessel class
Lafayette-class submarine[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en USS John Adams fa یواس‌ای جان آدامز ja ジョン・アダムズ zh 約翰·亞當斯號(SSBN-620)
🔖 Identifiers · 1
Freebase ID
/m/03sx97

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Armament 3
UGM-27 Polaris, UGM-73 Poseidon, Mark 48 torpedo
Significant event 3
ship launching, keel laying, ship commissioning
Country of registry 1
United States
Described by source 1
Naval Vessel Register
Instance of 1
ballistic missile submarine
Manufacturer 1
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Named after 1
John Adams
Operator 1
United States Navy
Powered by 1
nuclear marine propulsion
Vessel class 1
Lafayette-class submarine
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Summary

USS John Adams is a ballistic missile submarine[1].

Related Entities

John Adams United States

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Manufacturer → Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
    Significant event → ship launching, keel laying, ship commissioning +1
    Named after → John Adams
    Instance of → ballistic missile submarine
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Country of origin: United States, batch #274403"
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