Oval shaped coin, silver in color, 1 1/2 inches high x 2 inches wide. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • USS Georgia (SSGN-729)
Location
Coin Location: 11L13
Homebase: Kings Bay, Georgia
Deployment: Diego Garcia
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 28 March 2012
Donated by: MMCS Rose
Copies: 4 of 5
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Oval shaped coin, silver in color, 1 1/2 inches high x 2 inches wide.

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Journal - Page 82 - Line 13

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.