USS GEORGIA SSGN 729 |
Keel Laid: April 7, 1979 Launched: November 6, 1982 Commissioned: February 11, 1984 Stricken: October 2004 Activated: March 28, 2008 Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division Co., Groton, CT. Propulsion system: 1 S8G PWR Length, overall: 560 feet (170.69 meters) Beam: 42 feet Draft: 32 15" feet (9.8 meters) Displacement: 16764 tons (surfaced) 18750 tons (submerged) Speed: 20 knots (surfaced) 25+ knots (submerged) Depth: 800+ feet (operational) approx. 1200 feet (safe depth) approx. 1800 feet (crash depth) Crew: 15 Officers 140 Enlisted; 66 SEALs Armament: - 22 tubes carrying 7 Tomahawks each (154 total) - 4 torpedo tubes with MK 48 Torpedoes - 2 tubes for UUVs Homeport: Kings Bay, GA. |