Four ships of the

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have been named USS ''George Washington'' in honor of

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. *, was purchased on 12 October 1798 and served for less than four years. She was sold in May 1802. *, was a German ocean liner, launched in 1908. She was taken over and converted into a transport by the US Navy during World War I. She was sold for scrap in 1951. *, the lead ship of her class, was the first American ballistic missile submarine. She was commissioned 30 December 1959 and decommissioned 24 January 1985. *, is the sixth . She was commissioned on 4 July 1992 and is currently in active service.

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