Home > USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656)

USS George Washington Carver (SSBN/SSN-656), a Benjamin Franklin-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the researcher and inventorGeorge Washington Carver ( January 1, 1860 January 5, 1943) was an American botanist who introduced crop rotation to southern U. agriculture and developed hundreds of uses for the peanut and other plants. Early years He was born into slavery in the early. Her keel was laid down on 24 August 1964 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. 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 14 August 1965; sponsored by Miss Marian Anderson; and commissionedThe ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. Ship naming and launching are the inseparable elements which endow a ship hull with her identity. Yet, just as many developmental mileston 15 June 1966, Captain R. D. Donavan (blue crew) and Lieutenant Commander Carl J. Lidel (gold crew) in command.

Following shakedown, George Washington Carver's first patrol began 12 December 1966.

In 1991, George Washington Carver's missile tubes were disabled and she was redesignated an attack submarine with the hull classification symbol SSN-656.

George Washington Carver was decommissioned on 18 March 1993 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, where she was disposed of through the Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 12 March 1994.

See USS George Washington Carver for other ships of the same name.