SSBN 616 Timeline

SSBN 616 History

Date Event Category
17 JAN 1961 Lafayette Keel Laid SSBN-616 Events
08 MAY 1962 Lafayette Launching SSBN-616 Events
15 FEB 1963 Lafayette Placed In Service SSBN-616 Events
19 FEB 1963 Fast Cruise - Electric Boat Division - Groton CT SSBN-616 Events
23 APR 1963 USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616) Commissioning SSBN-616 Events
22 NOV 1963 Assassination of President John F.Kennedy World Events
20 JUL 1969 US Lands Men on the Moon World Events
09 AUG 1974 President Richard M. Nixon Resigns World Events
17 JUL 1975 Apollo-Soyuz: US-Soviet Handshake in Space World Events
16 AUG 1977 Death of Elvis Presley World Events
28 MAR 1979 Three Mile Island Accident World Events
04 NOV 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis World Events
08 DEC 1980 John Lennon Murdered World Events
20 JAN 1981 Iranian Hostage Crisis Ends World Events
25 OCT 1983 Invasion of Grenada World Events
26 APR 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident World Events
03 JUL 1988 Iran Air Flight 655 Shootdown World Events
12 AUG 1991 USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616) Decommissioning SSBN-616 Events
26 DEC 1991 **************** !! COLD WAR ENDS !! **************** World Events
25 FEB 1992 Lafayette Recycling Complete SSBN-616 Events
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