USS George C. Marshall

USS George C. Marshall

Pre-commissioning photograph of USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654) underway off Newport News, Virginia, on 31 March 1966
History
United States
Namesake	General of the Army George C. Marshall (1880-1959), U.S. Secretary of State (1947-1949) and U.S. Secretary of Defense (1950-1951)
Ordered	29 July 1963
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia
Laid down	2 March 1964
Launched	21 May 1965
Sponsored by	Katherine Tupper Marshall
Commissioned	29 April 1966
Decommissioned	24 September 1992
Stricken	24 September 1992
Motto	Patience, Not Weakness Crew's unofficial motto: "Patience, My Ass"
Fate	Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 28 February 1994
General characteristics
Class and type	Benjamin Franklin-class fleet ballistic missile submarine
Displacement	7,300 long tons (7,417 t) surfaced 8,250 long tons (8,382 t) submerged
Length	425 ft (130 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Installed power	S5W pressurized-water nuclear reactor
Propulsion	2 × geared steam turbines 1 × shaft 15,000 shp (11,185 kW)
Speed	Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Test depth	1,300 feet (400 m)
Complement	Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold Crew) of 120 men each
Armament	16 × ballistic missile tubes with one ballistic missile each 4 × Mark 65 Mod 3 and Mark 65 Mod 421 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (all forward) with up to 13 Mark 48 torpedoes SUBROC (removed 1981-1984) Mobile submarine simulator (MOSS) decoy capability 1981-1984

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 (1880-1959), who served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1947 to 1949 and as U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1950 to 1951.