USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
USS George Washington (SSBN-598) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | George Washington |
| Namesake | President George Washington (1732–1799) |
| Owner | United States Navy |
| Ordered | 31 December 1957 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down | 1 November 1958 |
| Launched | 9 June 1959 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Robert B. Anderson |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1959 |
| Decommissioned | 24 January 1985 |
| Stricken | 30 April 1986 |
| Homeport | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| Nickname(s) | "The Georgefish" |
| Fate | Recycling via the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 September 1998 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | George Washington-class submarine |
| Type | SSBN (hull design SCB-180A) |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 381 ft 7.2 in (116.312 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | |
| Range | unlimited except by food supplies |
| Test depth | 700 ft (210 m) (maximum over 900 ft (270 m)) |
| Capacity | 120 |
| Complement | Two crews (Blue/Gold) each consisting of 12 officers and 100 men. |
| Armament |
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USS George Washington (SSBN-598) (Ship, Submersible, Ballistic, Nuclear Powered) was the United States's first operational ballistic missile submarine. She was the lead ship of her class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines, was the third United States Navy ship of the name, in honor of Founding Father George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States, and was the first of that name to be purpose-built as a warship.