| Year | Date | Historical Events |
| 1962 | Nov 1 | Contract awarded to the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT. |
| 1963 | May 25 | Keel laid down by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT. |
| 1964 | Dec 5 | Launched. |
| 1965 | Oct 22 | Commissioned with CAPT Donald M. Miller commanding the Blue Crew and CDR Ross N. Williams commanding the Gold Crew.
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| | Dec 6 | Benjamin Franklin's Gold Crew successfully launched a Polaris A-3 missile in close coordination with an orbital pass of the Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. |
| 1993 | Nov 23 | Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register. |
| 1995 | Aug 21 | Benjamin Franklin entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., and on 21 August 1995 ceased to exist.
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