USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
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USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
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| Name: | USS 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 |
| Struck: | 30 April 1986 |
| Homeport: | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| Nickname(s): | "The Georgefish" |
| Fate: | Recycling via the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program completed 30 September 1998 |
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| Class and type: | George Washington-class submarine |
| Type: | SSBN (hull design SCB-180A) |
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| Length: | 381 ft 7.2 in (116.312 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
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| 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. |
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USS George Washington (SSBN-598) was the United States's first operational ballistic missile submarine. It was the lead ship of her class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines, was the thirdUnited States Navy ship of the name, in honor of George Washington (1732–1799), first President of the United States, and the first of that name to be purpose-built as a warship.
George Washington's keel was laid down at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut on 1 November 1958. The first of her class, she was launched on 9 June 1959 sponsored by Mrs. Robert B. Anderson, and commissioned on 30 December 1959 as SSBN-598 with Commander James B. Osborn in command of the Blue crew and Commander John L. From, Jr. in command of the Gold crew.
George Washington was originally laid down as the attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589). During construction, she was lengthened by the insertion of a 130 ft (40 m)-long ballistic missile section and renamed George Washington; another submarine under construction at the time received the original name and hull number. Inside George Washington's forward escape hatch, a plaque remained bearing her original name. Because the ballistic missile compartment design of George Washington was intended to be reused in later ship classes, the section inserted into George Washington was designed with a deeper test depth rating than the rest of the submarine.
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