34 Years of Service to the Fleet 29 March 1960 - 05 January 1995
USS Ethan Allen SSBN 608 Polaris A1 Launch (MK1 Re-Entry System W47 Warhead) - 06 May 1962
USS Ethan Allen SSBN 608, operating in the Pacific as a unit of Joint Task Force 8, successfully fired a Polaris A1 missile with a W47 nuclear warhead. Successful nuclear detonation was achieved.