USS Lafayette (SSBN-616)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Lafayette.
USS Lafayette (SSBN-616), the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named to honor Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero who fought alongside and significantly aided the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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United States | |
Name | USS Lafayette |
Namesake | Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), a French hero of the American Revolutionary War |
Ordered | 22 July 1960 |
Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
Laid down | 17 January 1961 |
Launched | 8 May 1962 |
Sponsored by | Jacqueline Kennedy |
Commissioned | 23 April 1963 |
Decommissioned | 12 August 1991 |
Stricken | 12 August 1991 |
Fate | Entered Ship-Submarine Recycling Program 12 August 1991; recycling completed 25 February 1992 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lafayette-class submarine |
Type | Ballistic missile submarine (hull design SCB-216)[1] |
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Length | 425 ft (130 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) |
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Complement | Two crews (Blue Crew and Gold), 13 officers and 130 enlisted men each |
Sensors and processing systems | BQS-4 sonar[1] |
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