USS Lafayette (SSBN-616)

Specifications

Service Year

1963

Origin

United States

Complement

143
PERSONNEL

Class

Lafayette-class

Number-in-Class

9
VESSELS

Ships-in-Class

USS Lafayette (SSBN-616); USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617); USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619); USS John Adams (SSBN-620); USS James Monroe (SSBN-622); USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623); USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624); USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625); USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626)

United States

(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)

✓ Submerged Attack
Traveling under the surface to search, track, and / or engage or reconnoiter areas.

✓ Maritime Patrol
Active patroling of vital waterways and maritime areas; can also serve as local deterrence against airborne and seaborne threats.

✓ Fleet Support
Serving in support (either firepower or material) of the main surface fleet in Blue Water environments.

Length

425.0 ft
129.54 m

Beam

33.0 ft
10.06 m

Draught

31.5 ft
9.60 m

Displacement

7,370
tons

Disp.Submerged

8,380
tons

Installed Power: 1 x S5W nuclear reactor; 2 x General Electric geared turbines delivering 15,000 shaft horsepower to 1 x screw.

Surface Speed

20.0 kts
(23.0 mph)

Submerged Speed

25.0 kts
(28.8 mph)

Range

Essentially Unlimited

4 x 21-inch (530mm) Mark 65 torpedo tubes supporting Mark 48 series torpedoes.

16 x Polaris / Poseidon nuclear ballistic missiles in vertical launch tubes.

Supported Types

Graphical image of an aircraft aerial torpedo

Graphical image of an air launched nuclear weapon

(Not all weapon types may be represented in the showcase above)

None.

Military lapel ribbon for the Cold War period

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Military lapel ribbon for the Falklands War

Military lapel ribbon for the 1991 Gulf War

Military lapel ribbon for the Korean War

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Military lapel ribbon for the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Military lapel ribbon for the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Military lapel ribbon for the Vietnam War

Military lapel ribbon for the World War 1

Military lapel ribbon for the World War 2

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Naval Warfare

USS Lafayette (SSBN-616)

Ballistic Missile Submarine [ 1963 ]

The USS Lafayette was named after American Revolutionary War supporter and French war hero Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette.

Specifications