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Lafayette-class submarine

1962 class of American ballistic missile submarines
Class type of: ballistic missile submarine Q1800152
Lafayette-class submarine
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Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
submarine class
Inception
1962[7]
More facts +8
Subclass of
ballistic missile submarine
Short name
Lafayette[9]
Country of origin
United States[6]
Described by source
The World Wars.net[8]
Manufacturer
General Dynamics Electric Boat[5]
Named after
USS Lafayette[4]
Operator
United States Navy[3]
Speed
+21[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lafayette-class submarine cs Třída Lafayette de James-Madison-Klasse de Lafayette-Klasse de Benjamin-Franklin-Klasse es Clase Lafayette fa زیردریایی کلاس لافایت fi Lafayette (sukellusveneluokka) fr classe Lafayette it Classe Lafayette (sottomarino) ja ラファイエット級原子力潜水艦 ko 라파예트급 잠수함 pl Okręty podwodne typu Lafayette ru Подводные лодки проекта «Лафайет» ru Подводные лодки типа «Лафает» ru Подводные лодки типа «Лафайет» uk Лафаєт zh 拉法叶级核潜艇 zh-hant 拉法葉級核潛艇
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Lafayette-United-States-submarine-class
Freebase ID
/m/024_73
Topic's main category
Category:Lafayette-class submarines

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🔗 Connections
← Vessel class 4
USS Daniel Webster, USS Lafayette, USS Andrew Jackson, USS John Adams
Country of origin 1
United States
Manufacturer 1
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Named after 1
USS Lafayette
Operator 1
United States Navy
Subclass of 1
ballistic missile submarine
Topic's main category 1
Category:Lafayette-class submarines
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Category:Lafayette-class submarines
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Summary

Lafayette-class submarine is a submarine class[1]. It is a type of ballistic missile submarine[2].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . USS Lafayette. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Speed → 21 knot
    Manufacturer → General Dynamics Electric Boat
    Country of origin → United States
    Operator → United States Navy
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [en] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32433: class of US submarines"
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