| Year | Date | Historical Events |
| 1965 | Jul 26 | Keel Laid, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA. |
| 1966 | Dec 16 | Launched on 16 December 1966 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry dock Company |
| 1967 | Dec 14 | Report to Norfolk, VA, Submarine Force, Altantic Fleet. Upon completion of sea trials LAPON was commissioned on 14 December 1967. Acceptance of the ship for the Navy was by VADM A.F. Shade, USN, Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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| | Dec 14 | Commissioned, Cdr. Chester M. 'Whitey' Mack, commanding. |
| 1968 | Jan 1 | 1968 Meritorious Unit Commendation |
| 1969 | Jan 1 | 1969 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Presidential Unit Citation, Submarine Division 62 Battle Efficiency "E" |
| 1970 | Sep 8 | 1970 Marjorie Sterett Battleship Award for Operational Proficiency, Submarine Division 63 Battle Efficiency "E". Change of Command, September 8, Cdr. G. E. Green, commanding. |
| 1973 | Jan 1 | 1973 Navy Unit Commendation |
| 1974 | Apr 6 | 1974 Change of Command, April 6, Cdr. P. Wilkins, commanding. |
| 1977 | Oct 29 | 1977 Change of Command, October 29, Capt. T. R.Murray, commanding. |
| 1979 | Jan 1 | 1979 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Submarine Squadron Six ASW/Operations "A", Submarine Squadron Six Engineering "E". |
| 1981 | May 22 | 1981 Change of Command, May 22, Capt J. S. Baumstark, commanding. |
| 1982 | Jan 1 | 1982 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Submarine Squadron Six ASW/Operations "A". |
| 1983 | Jan 1 | 1983 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Battle Efficiency "E". |
| 1985 | Mar 1 | 1985 Change of command, March 1985, Cdr. J. J. Mackin, commanding. Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Battle Efficiency "E". |
| 1988 | Jan 1 | 1988 Arctic Expedition Ribbon, ICEEX 88. Change of Command, Cdr. Peter Flannery, commanding. |
| 1990 | Jan 1 | 1990 Change of Command, Cdr. Thomas M. Fursman, commanding. |
| 1991 | Jan 1 | 1991 Navy Battle Efficiency "E". |
| | Oct 1 | Deactivated while still in commission. |
| 1992 | Jun 25 | Decommissioned. |
| | Aug 8 | 1992 Decommissioning, August 8, Custodian Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, BREMERTON, WA (NAVSHIPYD). |
| 2005 | Jan 1 | 2005 Lapon sail is memorialized in Springfield, Missouri. |
| 2009 | May 21 | Lapon inducted into the Submarine Hall of Fame at the Submarine Learning Facility in Norfolk, VA |