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Named 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 missiles. While standing out in the Atlantic Missile Test Range on 20 July 1960—with head of the Polaris program Rear Admiral William F. Raborn onboard—George Washington made history when she successfully launched the first Polaris from a submerged submarine. At the completion of the successful launch, the boat’s commanding officer, Commander James Osborn, sent President Dwight D. Eisenhower the message, “Polaris from out of the deep to target. Perfect.”
USS George Washington (SSBN-598), June 1959. The Navy’s Polaris Missile Launching Nuclear Powered Submarine, USS George Washington, is readied for launching on 9 June 1959 by workmen at the General Dynamics Corporation’s Electric Boat Division Shipyard at Groton, Connecticut.
On 28 June 1960, George Washington steamed to Cape Canaveral, Florida, where the boat loaded two propellant Polaris missiles. While standing out in the Atlantic Missile Test Range on 20 July 1960—with head of the Polaris program Rear Admiral William F. Raborn onboard—George Washington made history when she successfully launched the first Polaris from a submerged submarine. At the completion of the successful launch, the boat’s commanding officer, Commander James Osborn, sent President Dwight D. Eisenhower the message, “Polaris from out of the deep to target. Perfect.”
USS George Washington (SSBN-598), June 1959. The Navy’s Polaris Missile Launching Nuclear Powered Submarine, USS George Washington, is readied for launching on 9 June 1959 by workmen at the General Dynamics Corporation’s Electric Boat Division Shipyard at Groton, Connecticut.
