GEORGE WASHINGTON CLASS SUBMARINES FACT SHEET

By Cliff Lethbridge

GEORGE WASHINGTON CLASS SUBMARINES

Launch Status: Retired

Number Placed In Service: 5

Length: 382 Feet

Beam: 33 Feet

Surface Displacement: 6,000 Tons

Submerged Displacement: 6,700 Tons

Propulsion: Steam Turbine Powered by Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors

Torpedoes: 6 Bow Torpedo Tubes

Officer Berths: 12

Enlisted Berths: 127

Missile Capacity: 16

Launch Tubes: 16 Tubes Midship

Launch Control: Gas Steam Generator

Fire Control System: Mk 80

Navigation System: 3 Mk 2 Mod 4 SINS and Satellite Receiver

SSBN 598 USS GEORGE WASHINGTON

Date Commissioned: December 30, 1959

Date Decommissioned: January 24, 1985

First Cape Launch: July 20, 1960

Final Cape Launch: September 20, 1978

Total Number of Cape Launches: 12

Vehicles Launched: Polaris A1, Polaris A3

Current Status: Dismantled

SSBN 599 USS PATRICK HENRY

Date Commissioned: April 9, 1960

Date Decommissioned: May 25, 1984

First Cape Launch: September 13, 1960

Final Cape Launch: June 28, 1978

Total Number of Cape Launches: 16

Vehicles Launched: Polaris A1, Polaris A2, Polaris A3

Current Status: Dismantled

SSBN 600 USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Date Commissioned: February 13, 1961

Date Decommissioned: February 28, 1981

First Cape Launch: March 23, 1961

Final Cape Launch: August 27, 1974

Total Number of Cape Launches: 10

Vehicles Launched: Polaris A1, Polaris A2, Polaris A3

Current Status: Dismantled

SSBN 601 USS ROBERT E. LEE

Date Commissioned: September 16, 1960

Date Decommissioned: December 1, 1983

First Cape Launch: December 22, 1960

Final Cape Launch: November 20, 1978

Total Number of Cape Launches: 20

Vehicles Launched: Polaris A1, Polaris A2, Polaris A3

Current Status: Dismantled

SSBN 602 USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Date Commissioned: March 11, 1961

Date Decommissioned: February 28, 1981

First Cape Launch: May 3, 1961

Final Cape Launch: July 26, 1974

Total Number of Cape Launches: 20

Vehicles Launched: Polaris A1, Polaris A3

Current Status: Dismantled