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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656), 1966-1993

USS George Washington Carver, a Benjamin Franklin class nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine, was built at Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in June 1966, she commenced strategic deterrence patrols soon thereafter with the Polaris missile. In 1972-74, she was refitted with the larger Poseidon missile. Operating out of Holy Loch, Scotland, George Washington Carver carried out a total of 73 patrols in the Atlantic area up to mid-1991, when she was transferred to the Pacific for final operations. In October 1992, she began inactivation preparations and was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in March 1993.

USS George Washington Carver was named in honor of the African-American scientist George Washington Carver (1864-1943).

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Photo #: USN 1116556

USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656)


Underway at sea, circa June 1966.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 615 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1116556.

 

Photo #: USN 1129315

USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656)


In the Atlantic Ocean, 13 July 1967.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 605 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1129315.

 

Photo #: NH 96764

USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656)


Launching, at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, on 14 August 1965.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 117KB; 590 x 765 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 96765

USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656)


Is christened by Marian Anderson, at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, on 14 August 1965.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 105KB; 590 x 765 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 64755-KN (Color)

USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656)


Ship's insignia, adopted in 1966 when she was first commissioned.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 99KB; 630 x 765 pixels

 

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15 December 1998