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Actual values are classified. Complement. 93 officers & men. Armament. 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes. USS Skipjack (SSN-585), the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the skipjack tuna.
USS Skipjack (SS-184), was a Salmon-class submarine, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the skipjack tuna.She earned multiple battle stars during World War II and then was sunk, remarkably, by an atomic bomb during post-World War II testing in Operation Crossroads.
Skipjack. -class submarine. unlimited except by food. 24 × Mark 37 torpedoes, Mark 14 torpedoes, Mark 16 torpedoes, Mark 45 ASTOR nuclear torpedoes, and/or Mark 48 torpedoes. The Skipjack class was a class of United States Navy nuclear submarines (SSNs) that entered service from 1959 to 1961. This class was named after its lead boat, USS Skipjack.
USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, and the sixth vessel, and second submarine, of the U.S. Navy to carry that name. Scorpion was believed to have sunk on 27 May 1968. She is one of two nuclear submarines the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher. [4]
6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes. Service record. Part of: US Seventh Fleet. Operations: Vietnam War. Awards: 3 Battle stars. USS Scamp (SSN-588), a Skipjack -class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the fish family Serranidae.
USS Skipjack has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship named after the skipjack tuna, and may refer to: USS Skipjack (Submarine No. 24), the original name of a submarine renamed USS E-1 (SS-24) while under construction in 1911 and in commission from 1912 to 1921. USS Skipjack (SS-184), a submarine in commission from 1938 to 1946.
USS E-1 (SS-24) was an E-class submarine of the United States Navy. Originally named Skipjack, the boat was launched on 27 May 1911 by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. D. R. Battles; renamed E-1 on 17 November 1911; and commissioned on 14 February 1912, Lieutenant Chester W. Nimitz in command. She was the first ...
USS Sculpin (SSN-590), a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin.