USS Georgia (SSGN-729)
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USS Georgia (SSGN-729)
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| Namesake: | U.S. state of Georgia |
| Ordered: | 20 February 1976 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down: | 7 April 1979 |
| Launched: | 6 November 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 11 February 1984 |
| Homeport: | Kings Bay, Georgia |
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| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | Ohio-class submarine |
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| Length: | 560 ft (170 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 38 ft (12 m) |
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| Speed: | Greater than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Test depth: | Greater than 800 feet (240 m) |
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USS Georgia (SSBN-729/SSGN-729), an Ohio-class submarine, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the fourth state.
The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 20 February 1976 and her keel was laid down on 7 April 1979. She was launched on 6 November 1982 sponsored by Mrs. Sheila M. Watkins, and commissioned as a fleet ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) on 11 February 1984, with Captain A. W. Kuester commanding the Blue crew and Captain M. P. Gray commanding the Gold crew. This ship was later converted to a guided missile submarine (SSGN) for carrying guided cruise missiles instead of fleet ballistic missiles in its missile compartment.
From March to April, 1984 she went on her shakedown cruise and test-launched a Trident C-4 missile in the Eastern Test Range on 7 April 1986. In November 1984, she arrived in her home port of Bangor, Washington. In January 1985 she started her first strategic deterrence patrol. As an element of Task Unit 14.7.1 from September 1983 to May 1986, she was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. She was awarded her second Meritorious Unit Commendation for Submarine Operations between February 1986 to August 1986.
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