Editing Lafayette-class submarine (section)

{{Short description|United States Navy class of fleet ballistic missile submarines}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image= [[File:Woodrow Wilson sub.jpg|center|300px|USS Woodrow Wilson]]
|Ship caption=''Lafayette''-class submarine USS ''Woodrow Wilson''
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Lafayette'' class
|Builders=*[[General Dynamics Electric Boat]]<ref Name=FAS/>
*[[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]]<ref Name=FAS/>
*[[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]]<ref Name=FAS/>
*[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company]]<ref Name=FAS>[https://fas.org/programs/ssp/man/uswpns/navy/submarines/ssbn616_lafayette.html "SSBN-616 Lafayette-Class FBM Submarines" from the FAS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023233739/http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/man/uswpns/navy/submarines/ssbn616_lafayette.html |date=2012-10-23 }}</ref>
|Operators={{naval|United States}}
|Class before= {{sclass|Ethan Allen|submarine|4}}
|Class after= {{sclass|James Madison|submarine|4}}
|Subclasses=
|Cost=
|Built range=1961–1964 <ref Name=FAS/>
|In service range=
|In commission range=1963–1994 <ref Name=FAS/>
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=9
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=
|Total ships retired=9
|Total ships preserved=1 (as training vessel)
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Ship type=[[Nuclear submarine|Nuclear-powered]] [[ballistic missile submarine]]
|Ship displacement=Surfaced: {{convert|7325|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}
Submerged: {{convert|8251|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1">{{cite book | last = Friedman | first = Norman | title = U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History | publisher = [[United States Naval Institute]] | year = 1994 | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | pages = 199–203, 244 | isbn = 1-55750-260-9 }}</ref>
|Ship length=  {{convert|425|ft|m|abbr=on}} <ref Name=FAS/>
|Ship beam= {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}} <ref Name=FAS/>
|Ship draft= {{convert|28|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship propulsion=*1 × [[S5W]] [[Pressurized water reactor|PWR]]<ref Name=FAS/>
*2 geared [[steam turbine]]s ({{convert|15000|shp|abbr=on}}),
*1 shaft<ref name="FriedmanSubs1"/>
|Ship speed=*{{convert|16|kn|km/h}} surfaced
*{{convert|21|kn|km/h}} submerged<ref name="FriedmanSubs1"/>
|Ship range=
|Ship endurance=
|Ship test depth={{convert|1300|ft|m}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1"/>
|Ship complement=Two crews of 14 officers and 126 enlisted<ref name="FriedmanSubs1"/>
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=16 [[Polaris missile|Polaris A2/A3]] or [[UGM-73 Poseidon|Poseidon C3 missile]]s, 4 × [[American 21-inch torpedo|21-inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s, 12 [[torpedo]]es<ref name="FriedmanSubs1"/>
|Ship notes=
}}
|}
The '''''Lafayette'' class''' of submarine was an evolutionary development from the {{sclass|Ethan Allen|submarine|4}} of [[fleet ballistic missile submarine]], slightly larger and generally improved.  This class, together with the {{sclass|George Washington|submarine|5}}, {{sclass|Ethan Allen|submarine|5}}, {{sclass|James Madison|submarine|5}}, and {{sclass|Benjamin Franklin|submarine|5}} classes, composed the "[[41 for Freedom]]," the Navy's primary contribution to the [[nuclear deterrent]] force through the late 1980s. The ''James Madison'' and ''Benjamin Franklin'' classes are combined with the ''Lafayette''s in some references.