| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 29 July 1963 |
| Laid down: | 2 March 1964 |
| Launched: | 21 May 1965 |
| Commissioned: | 29 April 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 September 1992 |
| Fate: | submarine recycling |
| Stricken: | 24 September 1992 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Length: | 1143.3 meters (3751 feet) |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Armament: | |
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USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654), a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for General of the Army George C. Marshall. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, VirginiaNewport News is an independent city located in Virginia. It is on the southern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of Hampton Roads. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 180,150. The name of Newport News has ever been a on 29 July 1963 and her keel was laid down on 2 March 1964. She was launchedThe ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. A Babylonian narrative dating from the 3rd millennium BC describes the completion of a ship: :Openings to the water I stopped; :I searched for crac on 21 May 1965 sponsored by Mrs. George C. Marshall, and commissioned on 29 April 1966, with Commander Warran Rich Cobean in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Willard Edward Johnson in command of the Gold Crew.
George C. Marshall was decommissioned on 24 September 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 24 September 1992. Ex-George C. Marshall entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, and on 28 February 1994 ceased to exist.
Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register.