LAFAYETTE CLASS SUBMARINES
By Cliff Lethbridge
LAFAYETTE CLASS SUBMARINES
Launch Status: Retired
Number Placed In Service: 9
Length: 425 Feet
Beam: 33 Feet
Surface Displacement: 7,310 Tons
Submerged Displacement: 8,260 Tons
Propulsion: Steam Turbine Powered by Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors
Torpedoes: 4 Bow Torpedo Tubes
Officer Berths: 14
Enlisted Berths: 130
Missile Capacity: 16
Launch Tubes: 16 Tubes Midship
Launch Control: Gas Steam Generator
Fire Control System: Mk 88
Navigation System: 2 Mk 2 Mod 6 SINS, ESGM and Satellite Receiver
SSBN 616 USS LAFAYETTE
Date Commissioned: April 23, 1963
Date Decommissioned: August 12, 1991
First Cape Launch: June 13, 1963
Final Cape Launch: September 2, 1983
Total Number of Cape Launches: 23
Vehicles Launched: Polaris A2, Poseidon
Current Status: Dismantled
SSBN 617 USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Date Commissioned: June 27, 1963
Date Decommissioned: January 1, 1993
First Cape Launch: August 9, 1963
Final Cape Launch: September 29, 1989
Total Number of Cape Launches: 20
Vehicles Launched: Polaris A2, Poseidon
Current Status: Dismantled
SSBN 619 USS ANDREW JACKSON
Date Commissioned: July 3, 1963
Date Decommissioned: September 6, 1989
First Cape Launch: October 1, 1963
Final Cape Launch: May 25, 1982
Total Number of Cape Launches: 22
Vehicles Launched: Polaris A2, Polaris A3, Poseidon
Current Status: Dismantled
SSBN 620 USS JOHN ADAMS
Date Commissioned: May 12, 1964
Date Decommissioned: September 14, 1988
First Cape Launch: June 23, 1964
Final Cape Launch: June 4, 1986
Total Number of Cape Launches: 18
Vehicles Launched: Polaris A2, Polaris A3, Poseidon
Current Status: Dismantled
SSBN 622 USS JAMES MONROE
Date Commissioned: December 7, 1963
Date Decommissioned: June 23, 1990
First Cape Launch: February 3, 1964
Final Cape Launch: September 12, 1987
Total Number of Cape Launches: 13
Vehicles Launched: Polaris A3, Poseidon
Current Status: Dismantled
SSBN 623 USS NATHAN HALE
Date Commissioned: November 23, 1963
Date Decommissioned: November 3, 1986
First Cape Launch: January 13, 1964
Final Cape Launch: March 6, 1985
Total Number of Cape Launches: 28
Vehicles Launched: Polaris A2, Polaris A3, Poseidon
Current Status: Dismantled
SSBN 624 USS WOODROW WILSON
Date Commissioned: December 27, 1963
Date Decommissioned: January 1, 1993
First Cape Launch: March 2, 1964
Final Cape Launch: January 10, 1983
Total Number of Cape Launches: 18
Vehicles Launched: Polaris A2, Polaris A3, Poseidon
Current Status: Dismantled
SSBN 625 USS HENRY CLAY
Date Commissioned: February 20, 1964
Date Decommissioned: November 6, 1990
First Cape Launch: April 6, 1964
Final Cape Launch: June 29, 1984
Total Number of Cape Launches: 14
Vehicles Launched: Polaris A2, Polaris A3, Poseidon
Current Status: Dismantled
SSBN 626 USS DANIEL WEBSTER
Date Commissioned: April 9, 1964
Date Decommissioned: April 27, 1990
First Cape Launch: May 25, 1964
Final Cape Launch: September 2, 1985
Total Number of Cape Launches: 10
Vehicles Launched: Polaris A3, Poseidon
Current Status: Converted to Moored Training Ship (MTS)
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