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NICKNAME -

MOTTO - "PRESERVATIO AB NATIO"

CLASS - (SSBN-616) LAFAYETTE Ballistic Missile Submarine (8)

AWARDED - 1961

BUILDER - Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA

IN COMMISSION - 1964 - 1990

DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, September, 1997.

HENRY CLAY Awards/Recognition -

HENRY CLAY factoid - she was the eighteenth of the "41 For Freedom" FBM submarines.

USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) LINKS

USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - unofficial home page.
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - SubNet HENRY CLAY stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssbn625.htm ]
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center HENRY CLAY DANFS narrative page.
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - HENRY CLAY Navy Vessel Register web page.
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - the NavySite.de HENRY CLAY page.
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - unofficial home page dedicated to the history of the USS HENRY CLAY.
[ www.henryclay.xmtc.net/ ] NOT FOUND
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - Military.com submarine HENRY CLAY Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - a Boomersailors.net "41 For Freedom" HENRY CLAY page.
[ www.boomersailors.net/boats/41/625.php ] [Where hast thou gone, Boomersailors.net? COB (LINKS)]
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - history, specs, photos; Crew List, Reunion Info links, more.
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - a HENRY CLAY narrative page by NavyHistory.com.
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - a Wikipedia.org HENRY CLAY page.
USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - 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 HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.

The name HENRY CLAY is from the famous American who was born in Hanover County, VA in 1777, studied law under the great George Wythe, and became a practicing lawyer in 1797. He moved from Virginia to Kentucky, quickly gained a reputation as a lawyer and orator, and served as a state and national legislator. Clay served in the House of Representatives with various interruptions from 1811 to 1825, was a leader of the "War Hawks," and acted as spokesman for western expansionist interests. Much of the time serving as speaker, he wielded great power through the formulation of his American system, and was responsible for the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Clay ran for the presidency in 1824; and after helping to swing the election to John Quincy Adams in the House of Representatives, served as Adams' Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829. He was elected to the Senate in 1831 and beaten by Jackson in the presidential election of 1832. During his years in the Senate, Henry Clay fought for the National Bank and internal improvements and was a chief bulwark of the Whig party. His efforts to prevent sectional conflict, culminating in the Compromise of 1850 earned him the name "The Great Compromiser." In 1844 Polk defeated him in his third try for the presidency. He continued his efforts to save the Union until his death in 1852, closing 50 years of service which won him a permanent place in history as one of America's greatest statesmen.