Talk:USS George Washington (SSBN-598)

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[edit] Plastic Model

After the GW was launched a plastic model came out (and I got dad to buy me one). The model had a removable side haul so you could see the compartments including the missile launch tubes. This caused outcry in congress. Saltysailor (talk) 06:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

I was just thinking about this...

As I recall the story, some high ranking naval officer, probably a captain or admiral, when to a store to buy such a model for his grandson. When he looked at the picture on the box, he was shocked at what he saw, so he bought it, openned the box, and looked at the assembly drawings. And sure enough, it showed, and labelled, some areas of the ship that was supposed to be classified.

He had this investigated, and it turned out that the Navy gave the modelling company the wrong set of plans, that is, a farily detailed layout of the sub which did not have the sensitive areas purged out.

Supposedly the company was required to have the model removed from toy shelves and destroyed, while a "revised" model was created and introduced...

Or at least that is the way I remember it...Normfromga (talk) 20:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I heard that there were statements made in congress about it Saltysailor (talk) 00:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)