USS LAFAYETTE SSBN 616 PATCH SSN approximately 10 feet longer than

approximately 10 feet longer than the earlier ships in its class

was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the trepang

USS Jack (SSN-605)

is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Scranton

USS Puffer (SSN-652)

USS LAFAYETTE SSBN 616 PATCH SSN approximately 10 feet longer thanUSS 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, a French military hero who fought alongside and significantly aided the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.