Skipjack-class Nuclear Attack Submarine
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The Skipjack-class' was a class of United States Navy nuclear submarines (SSNs) that entered service in 1959-61. This class was named after its lead boat, USS Skipjack (SSN-585). The new class introduced the teardrop hull and the S5W reactor to U.S. nuclear submarines. The Skipjacks were the fastest U.S. nuclear submarines until the Los Angeles-class submarines, the first of which entered service in 1974.
Unit Run[edit | edit source]
- USS Skipjack (SSN-585)
- USS Scamp (SSN-588)
- USS Scorpion (SSN-589) - Lost with 99 crewmembers between May 22nd and June 5th 1968, 400 nautical miles (740.8 kilometers) southwest of the Azores in the North Atlantic Ocean, cause unknown.
- USS Sculpin (SSN-590)
- USS Shark (SSN-591)
- USS Snook (SSN-592)
