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CLASS - (SSBN-616) LAFAYETTE Ballistic Missile Submarine (1)

AWARDED - 1960

BUILDER - Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT

IN COMMISSION - 1963 - 1991

DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, February, 1992.

LAFAYETTE Awards/Recognition -

LAFAYETTE factoid - she was the tenth of the "41 For Freedom" FBM submarines.

USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) LINKS

USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - SubNet LAFAYETTE stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssbn616.htm ]
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center LAFAYETTE DANFS narrative page.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - LAFAYETTE Navy Vessel Register web page.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - the NavySite.de LAFAYETTE page.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - a Neohumanism.org LAFAYETTE page.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - Webmaster Bill Fraser's LAFAYETTE site.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - Military.com submarine LAFAYETTE Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - a Boomersailors.net "41 For Freedom" LAFAYETTE page.
[ www.boomersailors.net/boats/41/616.php ] [Where hast thou gone, Boomersailors.net? COB (LINKS)]
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - lots of LAFAYETTE photos, crew lists, reunion details.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - a LAFAYETTE narrative page by NavyHistory.com.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - a Wikipedia.org LAFAYETTE page.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - a USSVI Ship's Profile page w/Classification, Characteristics, Key Dates, Reunion/Association, Crew Lists (available on DeckLog), History, Internet Associations and Reunions, Photo and Patch.
USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.

The name LAFAYETTE is from Marie Joseph du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, who was born at Chateau Chavaniac, Auvergne, France, 6 September 1757. He entered the French Army at the age of 14 and 6 years later left France to assist the American colonists in their fight for freedom. His brilliant military contributions to the victory of the Americans were climaxed by the final campaign in which his skillful maneuvering played a major part in the defeat of the British at Yorktown.
Taking the gratitude of the American people with him, he returned to France in 1781 and later aided his own people in the disturbed days of the French Revolution. As commander of France’s eastern Army, Lafayette was captured by the Austrians in August 1792. He was imprisoned for 5 years, and released after Napoleon’s rise to power. For the rest of his life he actively participated in movements for liberty and freedom in France and the world. He died in Paris 20 May 1834.