USS George Washington (SSBN-598)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_George_Washington_(SSBN-598)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:armament gptkb:16_Polaris_A-1_ballistic_missiles
6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 33 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Division_of_General_Dynamics
gptkbp:class gptkb:George_Washington-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 30 December 1959
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 112 (Blue crew)
112 (Gold crew)
gptkbp:decommissioned 24 January 1985
gptkbp:displacement 5,959 tons (surfaced)
6,709 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 32 ft
gptkbp:fate scrapped via Ship-Submarine Recycling Program
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SSBN-598
gptkbp:laidDown 1 November 1958
gptkbp:launched 9 June 1959
gptkbp:length 381.6 ft
gptkbp:locationOfSail gptkb:Submarine_Force_Library_and_Museum,_Groton,_Connecticut
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:notableEvent first successful submerged launch of a Polaris missile
first operational ballistic missile submarine
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:S5W_nuclear_reactor
two steam turbines
gptkbp:speed over 20 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 30 April 1986
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Submarine_Squadron_10
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5