USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) - a Lafayette-class submarine In Commission 1963 to 1991 SSBN-616 Deployments - Major Events Add a SSBN-616 Shellback Initiation Add a SSBN-616 Deployment - Major Event MonthYeartoMonthYearDeployment / Event JAN 1961 - Keel Date: 17 JAN 1961at General Dynamics El...
The USS JOHN ADAMS (SSBN-620), a Lafayette-class submarine, was commissioned on 12 MAY 1964. USS JOHN ADAMS was named for the second President of the US, and his son, the sixth President of the US. JOHN ADAMS was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in Kittery, Maine, just north...