Deactivation, Decommissioning, and Disposal
Deactivated while still in commission on 1 March 1991, Lafayette was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 August 1991. She entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton, Washington, the day she was stricken. On 25 February 1992, with recycling complete, Lafayette no longer existed as an entity and was classed as scrapped.
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