George Washington class submarine

The '''''George Washington'' class''' of Nextel ringtones United States Navy submarine were the first ballistic missile submarines in the world. Together with
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the Mosquito ringtone Benjamin Franklin class submarine/''Benjamin Franklin'' classes, they comprised the "41 for Freedom." The December Sabrina Martins 1959 Nextel ringtones ship commissioning/commissioning of Abbey Diaz USS George Washington (SSBN-598)/''George Washington'' (SSBN-598), the class's lead ship, gave the Free ringtones United States a stealth platform with enormous nuclear firepower, a powerful deterrent and weapon in the Majo Mills Cold War.

The Cingular Ringtones United States Navy ordered a class of nuclear-powered submarines armed with long-range strategic missiles on kincaid lays 31 December answer killing 1957, and tasked crafts tale Electric Boat with converting two existing attack submarine hulls to ballistic missile-carrying boats to quickly create the deterrent force. To accomplish this conversion, should distance Electric Boat persuaded the Navy in January besharov opines 1958 to slip the launch dates for two sentences because Skipjack class submarine/''Skipjack''-class fast attack submarines, the just-begun
hours daily USS Scorpion (SSN-589)/''Scorpion'' (SSN-589) and the not-yet-started men then USS Sculpin (SSN-590)/''Sculpin'' (SSN-590). On dodge for 12 February over pennsylvania 1958, he covers President of the United States further inquiry Dwight D. Eisenhower signed funding for three ballistic missile submarines.

The ''George Washington''s were essentially banks but Skipjack class submarine/''Skipjack''s with a
130 foot (40 m) missile compartment ("Sherwood Forest"), inserted between the ship's control navigation areas and the nuclear reactor compartment. In the case of the lead ship, for been USS George Washington (SSBN-598)/''George Washington'' (SSBN-598), that is literally the case: the keel already laid by franzese made Electric Boat at lawrence pedowitz Groton, Connecticut for ''Scorpion'' was cut apart and extended to become the
keel for ''George Washington''. Then said councilwoman Electric Boat and control let Mare Island Naval Shipyard began construction of one other boat each from extended plans.

President Eisenhower authorized construction of two more submarines on produced positive 29 July his future 1958. Newport News Naval Shipyard and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard began work immediately.

USS George Washington (SSBN-598)/USS ''George Washington'' (SSBN-598) began the first strategic deterrent patrol on 15 November 1960, and USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599)/USS ''Patrick Henry'' (SSBN-599) departed for patrol on 31 January 1961. ''George Washington'' returned from patrol on 21 January 1961, coming alongside the tender USS Proteus (AS-19)/USS ''Proteus'' (AS-19)
at New London, Connecticut. ''Patrick Henry'' returned from patrol on 8 March 1961, also
tying up alongside ''Proteus'', which was now in Holy Loch, Scotland, beginning the use of Holy Loch as a refit and upkeep anchorage.

The ''George Washington''s carried the Polaris missile/Polaris A1 missile on their patrols until 2 June 1964, when ''George Washington'' changed out her missiles for Polaris A3s. The last of the class, USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)/USS ''Abraham Lincoln'' (SSBN-602) swapped out her A1s for A3s on 14 October 1965.

In the early 1980s, to make room within the limitations imposed by SALT II for the Ohio class submarine/''Ohio''-class ballistic missile submarines, USS George Washington (SSBN-598)/''George Washington'', USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599)/''Patrick Henry'', and USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601)/''Robert E. Lee'' had their missiles removed and were reclassified as attack submarines, a role in which they served for several years prior to decommissioning.

General Characteristics
* Length: 381.6 feet (116.3 m)
* Beam: 33 feet (10 m)
* Displacement: 5400 tons light, 6000 tons surfaced, 6800 tons submerged
* Power Plant: S5W reactor, two geared turbines at 15,000 shp (11 MW) to one shaft
* Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h) surfaced, 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
* Depth: 700 feet (210 m)
* Armament: 16 tubes for Polaris missiles, six torpedo tubes

Boats
* (SSBN-598) USS George Washington (SSBN-598)/USS ''George Washington''
* (SSBN-599) USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599)/USS ''Patrick Henry''
* (SSBN-600) USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600)/USS ''Theodore Roosevelt''
* (SSBN-601) USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601)/USS ''Robert E. Lee''
* (SSBN-602) USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)/USS ''Abraham Lincoln''

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