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CLASS - (SSBN-616) LAFAYETTE Ballistic Missile Submarine (15)

AWARDED - 1961

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

IN COMMISSION - 1964 - 1994

DISPOSITION - completed Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA, November, 2001.

VON STEUBEN Awards/Recognition -

VON STEUBEN factoid - she was the twenty-fifth of the "41 For Freedom" FBM submarines.

USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) LINKS

USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - SubNet VON STEUBEN stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssbn632.htm ]
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center VON STEUBEN DANFS narrative page.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - VON STEUBEN Navy Vessel Register web page.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - the NavySite.de VON STEUBEN page.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - Yahoo! Groups. Membership required.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - Military.com submarine VON STEUBEN Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - a VON STEUBEN home page.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - a Boomersailors.net "41 For Freedom" VON STEUBEN page.
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USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - concise page with ship's photo and patch.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - a VON STEUBEN narrative page by NavyHistory.com.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - a Wikipedia.org VON STEUBEN page.
USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - 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 VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.

The name VON STEUBEN is from the famous Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben, who was born sometime in 1730 in Magdeburg in the Electorate of Brandenburg. The son of a lieutenant of engineers in the army of Frederick William I, King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg, he spent his early childhood in Russia where his father had entered the service of Czarina Anne at the command of Frederick William I. After the accession of Frederick II to the Prussian throne, von Steuben returned to Germany with his father in 1740.
In 1747, at age 17, he became a cadet in a Prussian infantry regiment and, two years later, received his patent (commission) as an ensign. Von Steuben served with distinction during the Seven Years’ War. His specific training and experience in general staff duties equipped him for his later role in the American Revolution.
His discharge from the army for obscure reasons in 1763 and subsequent financial difficulties caused him to seek service with the American Army in 1777. Stating that he wished no immediate compensation and would stake his fortunes upon the success of the Revolution, von Steuben reported to General Washington at Valley Forge in February 1778.
He was almost immediately successful in the training of the Continental Army in accordance with the exacting standards of the Prussian Army. Thereafter, the Continental Army proved itself, battalion for battalion, the equal in discipline of the best British regulars. He served with distinction with General Nathanael Greene in the Carolinas in 1780 and with General Lafayette at Yorktown in 1781.
Von Steuben became a citizen of the United States in 1783 and, following retirement from the army, resided in New York where he became one of the most popular figures in the city until his death in 1794.