Final Patrol As Ballistic Missile Submarine
In 1982, George Washington returned to Pearl Harbor from her last missile patrol. In 1983, her missiles were unloaded at Bangor, Washington to comply with the SALT I treaty.
George Washington made 55 deterrent patrols in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in her 25-year career.
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