FBM History Page 2, a history of the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program.

FBM SUBMARINES

There are four classes of Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines. They are:

GEORGE WASHINGTON Class - about 382 feet long and about 6,700 tons.

ETHAN ALLEN Class - about 410 feet long and about 7,900 tons.

LAFAYETTE Class - about 425 feet long and about 8,250 tons.

OHIO Class - about 560 feet long and about 18,700 tons.

GEORGE WASHINGTON CLASS*

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN 598)

USS PATRICK HENRY (SSBN 599)

USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600)

USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN 601)

USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (SSBN 602)

ETHAN ALLEN CLASS**

USS ETHAN ALLEN (SSBN 608)

USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN 609)

USS THOMAS A. EDISON (SSBN 610)

USS JOHN MARSHALL (SSBN 611)

USS THOMAS JEFFERSON (SSBN 618)

LAFAYETTE CLASS***

USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616)

USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON (SSBN 617)

USS ANDREW JACKSON (SSBN 619)

USS JOHN ADAMS (SSBN 620)

USS JAMES MONROE (SSBN 622)

USS NATHAN HALE (SSBN 623)

USS WOODROW WILSON (SSBN 624)

USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN 625)

USS DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN 626)

USS JAMES MADISON (SSBN 627)

USS TECUMSEH (SSBN 628)

USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN 629)

USS JOHN C. CALHOUN (SSBN 630)

USS ULYSSES S. GRANT (SSBN 631)

USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN 632)

USS CASIMIR PULASKI (SSBN 633)

USS STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN 634)

USS SAM RAYBURN (SSBN 635)

USS NATHANIAL GREENE (SSBN 636)

USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (SSBN 640)

USS SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN 641)

USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN 642)

USS GEORGE BANCROFT (SSBN 643)

USS LEWIS AND CLARK (SSBN 644)

USS JAMES K. POLK (SSBN 645)

USS GEORGE C. MARSHALL (SSBN 654)

USS HENRY L. STIMSON (SSBN 655)

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (SSBN 656)

USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN 657)

USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO (SSBN 658)

USS WILL ROGERS (SSBN 659)

*These first five carried the POLARIS A-1. All have been converted to carry the POLARIS A-3. A-1is officially retired from active fleet duty.

**These submarines deployed carrying the POLARIS A-2 missile. All five have been converted to carry the A-3 missile. A-2 is officially retired from active fleet duty.

***All 31 have completed conversion to POSEIDON C-3 capability.

FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE WEAPON SYSTEM SUBMARINE CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristics	598 Class (5 Submarines)	608 Class (5 Submarines)	616 Class (31 Submarines)	726 Class (TRIDENT Submarines)
Length	382 feet	410 feet	425 feet	560 feet
Beam	33 feet	33 feet	33 feet	42 feet
Surfaced Displacement	5,900 tons	6,900 tons	7,320 tons	16,600 tons
Submerged Displacement	6,700 tons	7,900 tons	8,250 tons	18,700 tons
Propulsion	Steam Turbine Powered by Water Cooled Nuclear Reactors	Same	Same	Same
Torpedoes	6 Bow Torpedoes Tubes	4 Bow Torpedoes Tubes	4 Bow Torpedoes Tubes	4 Bow Torpedoes Tubes
Officer Accommodations	13 Berths	12 Berths	14 Berths	16 Berths
Enlisted Accommodations	127 Berths	127 Berths	133 Berths	148 Berths
Missiles	16 POLARIS A-3 Missiles	16 POLARIS A-3 Missiles	16 POSEIDON C-3 Missiles	24 TRIDENT C-4 Missiles
Launch	Tubes 16 Tubes located Midship	Same	Same	24 Tubes located Midship
Launch Control	Gas Steam Generator	Air Ejection	Gas Steam Generator	Gas Steam Generator
Fire Control System	MK 80	MK 80	MK 88	MK 98
Navigation System	3 MK 2 MOD SINS Ships Inertial Navigation System and Navy Navigational Satellite Receiver	2 MK 2 MOD 3 SINS and Satellite Receiver	2 MK 2 MOD 6 SINS Satellite Receiver	2 MK 2 MOD 7 SINS Electrostatically Supported Gyro Monitor Satellite Receiver
Air Conditioning	Over 300-ton capacity	Same	Same	Same

MISSILE GUIDANCE

The guidance system, composed of precise gyroscopes and accelerometers and its own computer, directs the missile toward a correct trajectory after launch, compensating for high winds and other effects, maintaining missile stability and triggering re-entry body separation. Separation occurs and the payload continues on the ballistic trajectory to the target. TRIDENT-I (C-4) MK 5 guidance performs all functions of the all-inertial MK 3 POSEIDON guidance plus a stellar inertial function to permit meeting comparable C-3 accuracy objectives at the longer C-4 missile range.

NAVIGATION

Two positions must be known for success in missile launching target and launcher. In the FBM system, this puts great importance on navigation since the position of the launcher is the position of the ship and is continuously changing. Several methods complement each other in the FBM submarine to provide a very high order of accuracy in determining ship's position. Heart of the system is the Ship's Inertial Navigation System (SINS), a complex system of gyroscopes, accelerometers, and computers, which relate movement and speed of the ship in all directions to true north to give a continuous report of ship position.

Systems similar to the SINS used in FBM submarines guided the NAUTILUS and SKATE on their historic voyages beneath the polar ice in 1958 and TRITON on her 84-day underwater cruise around the world in 1960.

The converted MARINER Class cargo ship USS COMPASS ISLAND (AG-153), serving as navigation test ship for the FBM program, has steamed well over 100,000 miles on development tests of the submarine navigation system to provide an all weather capability of verifying the accuracy of SINS. These include both optical and electronic (devices, all highly automated.

The TRIDENT-l (C-4) navigation subsystem is essentially the same design as that of the 616 Class POSEIDON SSBNs with the following improvements. Addition of an electrostatically supported gyro monitor (ESGM) to provide a significant increase in the allowable interval between fixes while maintaining current accuracies, thereby reducing submarine exposure; additional closed-loop air cooling; modifications for noise reduction; and re-engineering of sonar system and satellite receiver.

FIRE CONTROL

The fire control system is a large digital geoballislic computer which processes coordinated data like ship's location, local vertical, true north, and target location, and determines from these the proper trajectory for each of the missiles at any given moment. Because much of these data change in value as the ship moves about, the fire control computers can recompute all trajectories every few seconds for transfer to the missile guidance "memories."

The fire control mechanism can prepare missiles for launch at the rate of about one per minute.

COMMUNICATIONS

Very low frequency radio communications with submerged submarines have been possible for a number of years. The systems used have been (devised with special care to protect the locations of the submarines and leave the advantage of concealment unimpaired. Continuing tests repeatedly demonstrate that the Navy's world-wide communications system has the power and coverage necessary to exercise command over the always-submerged FBM submarines.

SUPPORT FACILITIES missile testing sites, two missile assembly facilities, material expediting and requisition control offices, sub-marine tenders, missile transport ships (T-AKs), a test instrumentation ship, and a navigational test ship (AG-153).

The chief testing site is the Air Force Eastern Test Range under direct liaison with the Naval Ordnance Test Unit, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Navy complex includes launch pads and blockhouses, missile assembly buildings, missile checkout buildings and associated supply, administration, and maintenance buildings. In addition, a Navy pier and associated port facilities at Cape Canaveral are maintained for SSBN and surface ship use.

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On 16 October 1971, Operational Test Support Unit Two (OTSU2) was established. The mission of OTSU2 is to provide communications flight safety and telemetry data acquisition capabilities in support of Fleet Ballistic Missile operational flight tests in broad ocean areas. In accomplishing this mission, 0TSU2 is embarked in the specially configured Operational Test Instrumentation Ship, USNS RANGE SENTINEL (TAGM-22).

The USNS RANGE SENTINEL and OTSU2 have a secondary mission as Support Ship for the POLARIS/POSEIDON Demonstration and Shakedown Operations (DASO) Program.

Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been selected as the site of the initial flight test program for the TRIDENT-I (C-4) missile and Bangor, Washington, has been selected as the location of the TRIDENT Support Site, now named Submarine Base (SUBASE), Bangor.

TRIDENT-I facilities in support of the C-4 program at the Cape, i.e., missile checkout, launch complex and guidance and technology facilities, as well as wharf and turning basin, have been completed. A complete C-4 capability exists at the Cape.

A wharf at SUBASE, Bangor, is presently under construction to provide for a TRIDENT-I missile outloads capability. Funding has been provided for missile production, operational, and support facilities.

Kings Bay, Georgia, has been selected for construction of an East Coast refit site for FBM submarines due to the need to accommodate the withdrawal of a Navy FBM submarine squadron from Rota, Spain, effective in the summer of 1979.

MISSILE LAUNCHING

POLARIS, POSEIDON, and TRIDENT missiles are launched from the submarine by an air ejection or a gas/steam generator system. On POSEIDON and TRIDENT, a small fixed rocket is ignited and its exhaust directed through cooling water into the base of the launch tube. The missile is propelled from the tube, through the water, and to the surface. At that point, the missile's first stage rocket motor ignites and sends the missile on its way. The launching system takes advantage of the reliability and instantaneous ignition characteristics of solid propellant fuel used in POLARIS. The result is increased safety for submarine and crew. Each launch tube has its own launching system independent of the other tubes. Vital parts of each missile are accessible for inspection and maintenance even when loaded in the launching tubes and while the submarine is underway at sea.

PERSONNEL AND TRAINING

Each FBM submarine has two crews, designated BLUE and GOLD, of about 140 officers and men each. While one crew mans the ship on patrol, the other crew is at home port, undergoing refresher and advanced training, taking leave, training new crew members, and in general, getting ready to go back to sea.

Each crew is made up of the highest caliber of men. Originally the main source for FBM personnel was from within the Navy. For the most part, the training required was only that needed in the specialized POLARIS field. But with the steady demand for more and more men as the POSEIDON submarine fleet has grown, and with the introduction of TRIDENT, most strategic weapon system trainees now are recruits and are the very best men our nation can make available.

A special recruiting program for high school graduates guarantees technical training and operational experience in the FBM weapon system field. For men directly concerned with POLARIS/POSEIDON/TRIDENT strategic weapon systems, initial schooling can run for about 1 year, with advanced training continuing during the off-crew periods.

Initial training is conducted at Naval Guided Missile School, Dam Neck, at Virginia Beach, Virginia. Schools for advanced and refresher training during off-crew periods are located at Groton, Connecticut; Charleston, South Carolina; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Bangor, Washington.

To be able to maintain and operate the equipment, FBM personnel must be thoroughly familiar with the basic theory and fundamental physical principles involved. Trainees must grasp the basics of digital computers, inertial theory, computer logic, transistor theory, use of testing devices, and so on. Much of this kind of training is available outside the Navy only at the college level.
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Like the FBM operational concept, each TRIDENT submarine will have two crews, alternating on patrols, permitting maximum on-station coverage, thus maximizing the effectiveness of the capital investment. Training for new crews and advanced training for off-line crews will be accomplished at the TRIDENT Training Facility (TRITRAFAC) at Bangor, Washington. TRIDENT training will integrate the use of tactical equipment and computer-based training technology to ensure the trainee's sound assimilation of basic theory and fundamentals of operation and maintenance of specific subsystems. Early, systematic definition of training objectives supports preparation of procedures and techniques for instruction and curricula for Courses of instruction to achieve those objectives, complemented by a personnel and training evaluation plan to provide feedback and improvement.

Fundamental to the TRIDENT strategic weapon system training concept is the capability for immediate response to the following: training deficiencies; problems in the operation, maintenance, or support of the TRIDENT weapon system; and proposed and accomplished changes in the tactical program.

The goal of this highly specialized training is to have the technician fully ready for his assigned responsibilities the day he becomes a POLARIS, POSEIDON, or TRIDENT submarine crewman. On patrol, an FBM submarine is literally a world unto itself. There is no calling for outside help. The submarine must be - and is - self-sufficient.

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FLEET SUPPORT

Because of the high system performance standards required for the complete FBM weapon system, special material expediting and requisition control offices have been established to ensure complete and timely fleet support. Requisitions for material to resupply the individual submarines not available at the advance site, requisitions to support the tender repair efforts, as well as requisitions for resupply of the tender stock, are all submitted via the POLARIS Material offices (PMO), to establish positive requisition control and to ensure all materials are shipped to the site in a timely manner. Material follow-up, special expediting, shipment mode (determination, and shipment tracing are services for all FBM submarines during overhaul or conversion. PMOs are established at Charleston, S.C. and Bremerton, Washington.

SHIPYARD

CH -- Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC

IS -- Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., A Division of Litton Industries, Pascagoula, MS

NN -- Newport News Ship Building and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA

PS -- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA

There are five FBM submarine tenders; four of these have been converted to POSEIDON (C-3) capability. The two AS 31 Class tenders 5-2-61will have a C-3 support capability only, but may be retrofitted to an A-3 only capability during a 2-month shipyard availability. The two AS 33 Class tenders will be backfitted to TRIDENT-I (C-4) capability during regularly scheduled intervals; C-3 capability will be retained. AS 19 will retain 10-10-62 PN 4-10-68 CH 9-26-75 CH POLARIS (A-3) capability.

POLARIS/POSEIDON FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE STATUS AS OF 30 MARCH 1978
	SSBN	Bldg Yard	Launch Date	Commission Date	First Deployment	Over- haul/ Conv-ersion Yard	Second Deployment	Over- haul/ Conv-ersion Yard	Third Deployment	Over- haul/ Conv-ersion Yard
USS George Washington	598	EB	6-9-59	12-30-59	11-15-60	EB	6-30-66	CH	6-25-72	MI
USS Patrick Henry	599	EB	9-22-59	4-9-60	12-30-60	EB	12-27-66	PS	7-15-72	MI
USS Theodore Roosevelt	600	MI	2-13-61	10-3-59	-19-61	EB	6-11-67	PS	10-28-74	CH
USS Robert F. Lee	601	NN	12-18-59	9-16-60	5-2-61	MI	12-5-66	PS	1-6-73	MI
USS Abraham Lincoln	602	PN	5-14-60	3-11-61	8-28-61	EB	8-26-67	MI	8-16-74	MI
USS Ethan Allen	608	EB	11-22-60	8-8-61	6-26-62	NN	3-29-68	PS	8-29-74	PS
USS Sam Huston	609	NN	2-2-61	3-6-62	10-10-62	PN	4-10-68	CH	9-26-75	CH
USS Thomas Edison	610	EB	6-15-61	3-10-62	11-7-62	CH	9-22-68	MI	9-15-75	MI
USS John Marshall	611	NN	7-15-61	5-21-62	12-31-62	NN	9-6-68	MI	12-10-76	MI
USS Lafayette	616	EB	5-8-62	4-23-63	1-4-64	NN	5-18-69	EB	6-30-75	EB
USS Alexander Hamilton	617	EB	8-18-62	6-27-63	3-16-64	EB	11-12-68	NN	1-11-76	NN
USS Thomas Jefferson	618	NN	4-24-62	1-4-63	10-28-63	NN	10-29-68	MI	7-14-76	MI
USS Andrew Jackson	619	MI	9-15-62	7-3-63	4-28-64	PN	1-15-70	EB	5-30-76	EB
USS John Adams	620	PN	1-12-63	5-12-64	11-3-64	PS	2-25-70	PN	11-20-76	PN
USS James Monroe	622	NN	8-4-62	12-7-63	6-1-64	CH	3-3-70	NN	12-14-77	NN
USS Nathan Hale	623	EB	1-12-63	11-23-63	5-25-64	EB	12-24-69	PS	3-7-76	PS
USS Woodrow Wilson	624	MI	2-22-63	12-27-63	7-2-64	NN	1-5-70	NN	8-3-76	NN
USS Henry Clay	625	NN	11-30-62	2-20-64	8-17-64	CH	8-30-70	PN
USS Daniel Webster	626	EB	4-27-63	4-9-64	9-28-64	NN	4-30-70	EB
USS James Madison	627	NN	3-15-63	7-28-64	1-17-65	EB	3-31-71	EB
USS Tecumseh	628	EB	6-22-63	5-29-64	1-24-65	NN	9-22-71	NN
USS Daniel Boone	629	MI	6-22-63	4-23-64	12-25-64	NN	4-26-71	NN
USS John C. Calhoun	630	NN	6-22-63	9-15-64	3-22-65	MI	9-16-71	MI
USS Ulysses S. Grant	631	EB	11-2-63	7-17-64	2-6-65	PS	7-11-71	PS
USS Von Steuben	632	NN	10-18-63	9-30-64	3-28-65	EB	5-21-71	EB
USS Casimir Pulaski	633	EB	2-1-64	8-14-64	3-6-65	EB	10-27-71	EB
USS Stonewall Jackson	634	MI	11-30-63	8-26-64	4-9-65	EB	4-26-72	EB
USS Sam Rayburn	635	NN	12-30-63	12-2-64	6-4-65	PN	3-7-72	PN
USS Nathanael Greene	636	PN	5-12-64	12-19-64	6-21-65	NN	3-26-72	NN
USS Benjamin Franklin	640	EB	12-5-64	10-22-65	5-7-66	EB	12-1-72	EB
USS Simon Bolivar	641	NN	8-22-64	10-29-65	4-27-66	NN	11-16-72	NN
USS Kamehameha	642	Ml	1-16-65	12-10-65	8-6-66	EB	6-9-73	EB
USS George Bancroft	643	EB	3-20-65	1-22-66	7-26-66	PN	2-18-73	PN
USS Lewis and Clark	644	NN	11-21-64	12-22-65	6-23-66	PS	4-8-73	PS
USS James K. Polk	645	EB	5-22-65	4-16-66	10-14-66	NN	5-29-73	NN
USS George C. Marshall	654	NN	5-21-65	4-29-66	10-25-66	PS	9-2-73	PS
USS Henry L. Stimson	655	EB	11-13-65	8-20-66	2-23-67	NN	9-26-73	NN
USS George Washington Carver	656	NN	8-14-65	6-15-66	12-12-66	EB	10-13-73	EB
USS Francis Scott Key	657	EB	4-23-66	12-3-66	6-6-67	PS	12-10-73	PS
USS Mariano G. Vallejo	658	Ml	10-23-65	12-16-66	7-31-67	NN	7-12-74	NN
USS WiII Rogers	659	EB	7-21-66	4-1-67	10-8-67	PN	9-22-74	PN

FBM TENDERS
	Bldg Yard	Launch Date	Commission Date	Initial Deployment Date
USS PROTEUS (AS 19)	CH	Conversion	8/8/60	2/21/61
USS HUNLEY (AS 31)	NN	9/29/61	6/16/62	12/29/62
USS HOLLAND (AS 32)	IS	1/19/63	9/07/63	3/21/64
USS SIMON LAKE (AS 33)	PS	2/08/64	11/07/64	7/28/65
USS CANOPUS (AS 34)	IS	2/12/65	11/04/65	6/23/66

SHIPYARD

CH -- Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC

IS -- Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., A Division of Litton Industries, Pascagoula, MS

NN -- Newport News Ship Building and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA

PS -- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA

There are five FBM submarine tenders; four of these have been converted to POSEIDON (C-3) capability. The two AS 31 Class tenders will have a C-3 support capability only, but may be retrofitted to an A-3 only capability during a 2-month shipyard availability. The two AS 33 Class tenders will be backfitted to TRIDENT-I (C-4) capability during regularly scheduled intervals; C-3 capability will be retained. AS 19 will retain POLARIS (A-3) capability.

FBM SUBMARINES AND THEIR SPONSORS

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN 598)
Mrs. Robert B. Anderson

USS PATRICK HENRY (SSBN 599)
Mrs. Leslie C. Arends

USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600)
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth

USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN 601)
Mrs. Hanson E. Ely

USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (SSBN 602)
Mrs. Mary Lincoln Beekwith

USS ETHAN ALLEN (SSBN 608)
Mrs. Robert H. Hopkins

USS SAM HOUSTON (SSBN 609)
Mrs. John P. Connally

USS THOMAS A. EDISON (SSBN 610)
Mrs. Madeleine Edison Stone

USS JOHN MARSHALL (SSBN 611)
Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy

USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616)
Mrs. John F. Kennedy

USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON (SSBN 617)
Mrs. Valentine Hollingsworth, Jr.

USS THOMAS JEFFERSON (SSBN 618)
Mrs. Robert S. McNamara

USS ANDREW JACKSON (SSBN 619)
Mrs. Estes Kefauver

USS JOHN ADAMS (SSBN 620)
Mrs. James C. Manny

USS JAMES MONROE (SSBN 622)
Mrs. Roswell Gilpatrick

USS NATHAN HALE (SSBN 623)
Mrs. George W. Anderson

USS WOODROW WILSON (SSBN 624)
Miss Eleanor Axson Sayre

USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN 625)

Mrs. Green B. Gibson

USS DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN 626)

Mrs. W. 0. Goodrich, Jr.

USS JAMES MADISON (SSBN 627)
Mrs. A. S. Mike Monroney

USS TECUMSEH (SSBN 628)
Mrs. Robert L. Sikes

USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN 629)
Mrs. James H. Wakelin, Jr.

USS JOHN C. CALHOIIN (SSBN 630)
Miss Rosalie J. Calhoun

USS ULYSSES S. GRANT (SSBN 631)
Mrs. David W. Griffiths

USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN 632)
Mrs. Fred Korth

USS CASIMIR PULASKI (SSBN 633)
Mrs. John A. Gronouski

USS STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN 634)
Miss Julie Christian MeAfee

USS SAM RAYBURN (SSBN 635)
Mrs. S. E. Bartley and Mrs. W. A. Thomas

USS NATHANAEL GREENE (SSBN 636)
Mrs. Neander W. Wade

USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (SSBN 640)
Mrs. Leon V. Chaplin and Mrs. Francis L. Mosley

USS SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN 641)
Mrs. Thomas C. Mann

USS KAMEIJAMEHA (SSBN 642)
Mrs. Samuel Wilder King

USS GEORGE BANCROFT (SSBN 643)
Mrs. Jean B. Langdon and Mrs. Anita Irvine

USS LEWIS AND CLARK (SSBN 644)
Mrs. Martin F. Erigman, Jr. and Mrs. W. Goodridge Sale

USS JAMES POLK (SSBN 645)
Mrs. Horacio Rivero, Jr.

USS GEORGE C. MARSHALL (SSBN 654)
Mrs. George C. Marshall

USS HENRY L. STIMSON (SSBN 655)
Mrs. Thomas J. Dodd

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (SSBN 656)
Miss Marian Anderson

USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN 657)
Mrs. William T. Jarvis and Mrs. Margery K. Thorne

USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO (SSBN 658)
Miss Patricia 0. V .MeGettigan

USS WILL ROGERS (SSBN 659)
Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey

MAJOR CONTRACTORS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

More than 20,000 contractors and government agency personnel are engaged in work on the FBM system. Some major contractors and government agencies are listed below.

FBM

Electric Boat Division
Submarine General Dynamics Corp.
Groton, Connecticut

Charleston Naval Shipyard
Charleston South Carolina

Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
Newport News, Virginia

Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Vallejo, California

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery, Maine

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton, Washington

Submarine

Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Propulsion Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

General Electric Corp.
Lynn, Massachusetts

Navigation Autonetics Division
Rockwell International Corp.
Anaheim, California

Sperry Systems Management Div.
Sperry Rand Corp.
Great Neck, Long Island, New York

Communications

Sylvania Electric Products Co.
Buffalo, New York

Princeton Labs, RCA
Princeton, New Jersey

Bell Telephone Labs
Whippany, New Jersey

International Telephone and Telegraph Labs
Nutley, New Jersey

Fire Control

General Electric Co.
Ordnance Systems
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Hughes Aircraft Co.
Culver City, California

Naval Weapons Laboratory
Dahlgren, Virginia

Control Data Corporation
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Missile Checkout

Northrop Corp.
Anaheim, California

Launching

Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Sunnyvale, California

Missile System Manager

Lockheed Missile and Space Co.
Sunnyvale, California

Missile Propulsion

Aerojet-General Corp.
Sacramento, California

Hercules Incorporated
Wilmington, Delaware

Missile Guidance

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

General Electric Corp.
Ordnance Systems
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Hughes Aircraft Corp.
Culver City, California

Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Raytheon Co.
Lexington, Massachusetts

Warhead

Lawrence Livermore Lab
Atomic Energy Commission
Livermore, California

Instrumentation

Interstate Electronics Corp.
Anaheim, California

Weapon System

Vitro Laboratories
Silver Spring, Maryland

Applied Physics Laboratory
John Hopkin's University
Silver Spring, Maryland

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