USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654)

USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654) was a Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine commissioned by the United States Navy in 1966. Named after General George C. Marshall, the vessel played a vital role in the nation’s strategic nuclear deterrent during the Cold War, conducting numerous deterrent patrols armed with Polaris and later Poseidon missiles. Throughout her service, she was a key part of the U.S. Navy’s “41 for Freedom” fleet of ballistic missile submarines. The USS George C. Marshall was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1992, following the end of the Cold War and subsequent nuclear arms reductions.