SSBN 641 USS SIMON BOLIVAR

[TomDougherty]

One of the submarines in the last class (Benjamin Franklin class) of the 41 Polaris/Poseidon ballistic missile submarines.  In 1979,  the Bolivar entered overhaul and conversion of her ballistic missile system to support Trident C-4 ballistic missiles.  She patrolled along with the early Ohio class SSBNs.  Bolivar continued to make deterrent patrols, undergoing occasional refits at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia.  Bolivar successfully launched a Trident test missile. SSBN 641 continued to make deterrent patrols until 1994. 

The model is a resin and metal kit from the now defunct Yankee Model Works.