About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Benjamin Franklin class submarines, Ethan Allen class submarines, George Washington class submarines, James Madison class submarines, Lafayette class submarines, USS Patrick Henry, USS Lafayette, USS George Washington, USS Louisiana, USS Theodore Roosevelt, USS John Marshall, Ballistic missile submarine, USS Robert E. Lee, USS Alexander Hamilton, USS Von Steuben, USS Thomas Jefferson, USS Woodrow Wilson, USS Sam Houston, USS James K. Polk, USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Kamehameha, USS Stonewall Jackson, USS Thomas A. Edison, USS Sam Rayburn, USS George C. Marshall, USS Simon Bolivar, USS Ulysses S. Grant, USS John Adams, USS Ethan Allen, USS Mariano G. Vallejo, USS Henry L. Stimson, USS Nathanael Greene, USS Tecumseh, USS Lewis and Clark, USS Nebraska, USS Daniel Webster, USS Andrew Jackson, USS Nevada, USS Will Rogers, USS Henry Clay, USS George Bancroft, USS Nathan Hale, USS Daniel Boone, USS James Madison, Lafayette-class submarine, USS Francis Scott Key, USS James Monroe, USS George Washington Carver, USS Benjamin Franklin, 41 for Freedom, USS John C. Calhoun, USS Michigan, USS Casimir Pulaski, USS Wyoming, Rocket U-boat. Excerpt: 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 (1757-1834), a French military hero who fought with and significantly aided the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lafayettes keel was laid down on 17 January 1961 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched 8 May 1962, sponsored by First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of the 35th President of the United States, and commissioned 23 April 1963 at Groton, Connecticut, with Commander P. J. Hannifin in command of the Blu...
