USS George Washington (SSBN-598)

USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
History
United States
Name	George Washington
Namesake	President George Washington (1732–1799)
Owner	United States Navy
Ordered	31 December 1957[2]
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat[2]
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[2]
Nickname(s)	"The Georgefish"[1]
Fate	Recycling via the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 September 1998
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General characteristics
Class and type	George Washington-class submarine
Type	SSBN (hull design SCB-180A)[4]
Displacement	5400 tons light[2] 5959–6019 tons surfaced[2] 6709–6888 Approx. tons submerged[2]
Length	381 ft 7.2 in (116.312 m)[2]
Beam	33 ft (10 m)[2]
Draft	29 ft (8.8 m)[2]
Propulsion	1 × S5W PWR[2] 2 × geared turbines rated at 15,000 shp (11,000 kW)[2] 1 × 7-bladed screw[3]
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h) surfaced[2] +25 kn (46 km/h) submerged[2]
Range	unlimited except by food supplies
Test depth	700 ft (210 m)[2] (maximum over 900 ft (270 m))[3]
Capacity	120[2]
Complement	Two crews (Blue/Gold) each consisting of 12 officers and 100 men.
Armament	16 Polaris A1/A3 missiles[2] 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes[2] (Mark 16, Mark 37, or Mark 48 torpedoes)[3]

USS George Washington (SSBN-598) 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^[5] 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.