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A training trigger for the Polaris missile system. The first to be completed was Resolution, laid down in February 1964 and launched in September 1966. After commissioning in 1967 she underwent a long period of sea trials, culminating in the test firing of a Polaris missile from the USAF Eastern Test Range off Cape Kennedy at 11:15 on 15 ...
USS George Washington (SSBN-598) (Ship, Submersible, Ballistic, Nuclear Powered) was the United States's first operational ballistic missile submarine.She was the lead ship of her class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines, was the third [5] United States Navy ship of the name, in honor of Founding Father George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States, and was the ...
The George Washington class was a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines deployed by the United States Navy. George Washington, along with the later Ethan Allen, Lafayette, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin classes, comprised the "41 for Freedom" group of submarines that represented the Navy's main contribution to the nuclear deterrent force through the late 1980s.
The UGM-73 Poseidon missile was the second US Navy nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) system, powered by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket.It succeeded the UGM-27 Polaris beginning in 1972, bringing major advances in warheads and accuracy.
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Scheme of USS Pampanito (SS-383). The Balaos were similar to the Gatos, except they were modified to increase test depth from 300 ft (90 m) to 400 ft (120 m).In late 1941, two of the Navy's leading submarine designers, Captain Andrew McKee and Commander Armand Morgan, met to explore increasing diving depth in a redesigned Gato.