SSBN-654 USS George C Marshall

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 Jul 1963
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA
Laid down. 2 Mar 1964
Launched. 21 May 1965
Commissioned. 29 Apr 1966
Decommissioned. 24 Sep 1992
Stricken . 24 Sep 1992
Motto. Patience, Not Weakness
Fate. Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program completed 28 Feb 1994
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