USS Thomas Jefferson

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Two vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS Thomas Jefferson, in honor of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States:

• The first Thomas Jefferson (APA-30) was an attack transport in service from 1941 to 1949, and scrapped in 1974.
• The second Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) was an Ethan Allen-class ballistic missile submarine commissioned in 1963. She remained on active service until 1985.

[edit] Fictional ships

• An aircraft carrier named USS Thomas Jefferson was the setting of the novel Nimitz Class by Patrick Robinson.
• An aircraft carrier named USS Thomas Jefferson has appeared as a location on the TV show JAG.

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