Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS George Washington in honor of George Washington. , 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. See also United States Navy ship names