http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB74/
The National Security Archive
The U-2, OXCART, and the SR-71
U.S. Aerial Espionage in the Cold War and Beyond
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 74
Jeffrey T. Richelson, editor
October 16, 2002
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB74/U2-10.pdf
Document 10
CIA, Debriefing of Francis Gary Powers, February 13, 1962, Top Secret, 31 pp.
Source: National Archives, CIA 1998 Release.
Francis Gary Powers parachuted to earth after his U-2 had been shot down and was turned over to Soviet authorities. A well-publicized trial followed and he was sentenced to 10 years "deprivation of liberty," the first three in a Soviet prison, but was exchanged in 1962 for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.(10) Upon return to the United States, Powers was debriefed extensively. This is one of a number of transcripts from his debriefing. Among the topics discussed are the moments before and after a Soviet surface-to-air missile detonated near his plane, bringing it, and him, down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_Washington_(SSBN-598)
Wikipedia
USS George Washington (SSBN-598)
USS George Washington (SSBN-598), the lead ship of her class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines, was the third United States Navy ship of the name, in honor of George Washington (1732–1799), first President of the United States, and the first of that name to be purpose-built as a warship.
Final patrol as ballistic missile submarine and operations as attack 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.
The "Georgefish" — her nickname — made 55 deterrent patrols in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in her 25-year career.
Service as an attack submarine
George Washington continued service as an attack submarine (SSN), returning briefly to Pearl Harbor. In 1983 she departed Pearl Harbor for the last time and transited the Panama Canal back to the Atlantic and to New London.
Decommissioning
George Washington was decommissioned on 24 January 1985, stricken from the Naval Vessel Registry on 30 April 1986, and scheduled for disposal through the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Recycling of the ship was completed on 30 September 1998.
