USS Georgia (SSGN-729)
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | State of Georgia |
Ordered | 20 February 1976 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
Laid down | 7 April 1979 |
Launched | 6 November 1982 |
Sponsored by | Sheila M. Watkins |
Commissioned | 11 February 1984 |
Homeport | Kings Bay, Georgia, U.S. |
Motto | Furtim, Incurso, Mutatio (English: Stealth, Attack, Change) |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ohio-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 560 ft (170 m) |
Beam | 42 ft (13 m)[1] |
Draft | 38 ft (12 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | Greater than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[5] |
Test depth | Greater than 800 feet (240 m)[5] |
Complement | |
Armament |
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USS Georgia (SSBN-729/SSGN-729), an Ohio-class cruise missile submarine, is the second vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. state of Georgia.