James Madison-class submarine

C27409
concept

The James Madison-class submarine was a series of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines built in the 1960s as part of the Cold War strategic deterrent force, designed to carry Polaris and later Poseidon submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine 1
James Madison-class submarine canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: James Madison-class submarine
Generated description
The James Madison-class submarine was a series of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines built in the 1960s as part of the Cold War strategic deterrent force, designed to carry Polaris and later Poseidon submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
United States Navy submarine USS Brien McMahon (SSBN-642) named in his honor
surface form: USS Brien McMahon (SSBN-642)
SSBN-642
surface form: USS Brien McMahon
James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine