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Bookmark or Share- Washington (BB-56) - NHHCBattleship USS Washington (BB-56), named to honor the 42nd state, was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 May 1941 with Captain Howard H. J. Benson in command. After shakedown and underway training, Washington continued underway operations along the eastern seaboard and into the Gulf of Mexico until the United States entry into World War II following the Pearl Harbor attack on 7 ...
- USS George Washington (SSBN-598) - NHHCUSS George Washington (SSBN-598), the lead submarine of her class and the first U.S. Navy fleet ballistic submarine, was commissioned on December 30, 1959. At the Atlantic Missile Test Range off Cape Canaveral, Florida, she became the first submerged submarine to successfully launch a Polaris missile on July 20, 1960. Following this launch, she served as a deterrent to global war and was ...
- A Brief History of U.S. Navy Fleet Ballistic Missiles and Submarines - NHHCFive George Washington-class SSBNs were built between 1959 and 1961 from modified Skipjack designs. They put to sea armed with A-1 or A-2 missiles but were later refit with the A-3. Unlike the George Washington -class vessels, the Ethan Allen -class and all later SSBNs were originally designed to carry ballistic missiles.
- George Washington (SSBN-598) - NHHCNamed in honor of the commander in chief of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States, USS George Washington (SSBN-598) was commissioned 30 December 1959 at Groton, Connecticut, as the first in class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. On 28 June 1960, George Washington steamed to Cape Canaveral, Florida, where the boat loaded two propellant Polaris ...
- US Navy in Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2002 - NHHC11 September Atlantic Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Robert J. Natter dispatches aircraft carriers John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and George Washington (CVN-73) to New York City, with their respective Carrier Air Wings (CVWs) 7 and 17, to provide coastal and air defense as well as a visible stabilizing presence.
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