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USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, the sixth vessel and second submarine to carry that name. Scorpion sank on 27 May 1968. She is one of two nuclear submarines that the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher . [ 4 ]
Scorpion: SSN-589 Electric Boat 20 August 1958 29 December 1959 29 July 1960 — 7.8 Lost with 99 crewmembers between 22 May and 5 June 1968, 400 nautical miles (740 km) southwest of the Azores in the North Atlantic Ocean, cause unknown Sculpin: SSN-590 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi: 3 February 1958 31 March 1960 1 June 1961 3 ...
Scorpion: SSN-589 Between 22 May and 5 June 1968 Cause unknown; numerous theories have been advanced. Recent deep submergence photography indicates the possibility of an implosion event similar to the USS Thresher. North Atlantic Ocean, 400 nautical miles (740 km) southwest of the Azores: Stickleback: SS-415 20 May 1958: Collision with USS ...
USS Scorpion (SS-278), a Gato-class submarine, in commission from 1942 until lost in 1944 during World War II. USS Scorpion (SSN-589), a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, in commission from 1960 until lost in an accident in 1968. USS Scorpion, a fictional submarine in the 1957 novel On the Beach
USS Scamp (SS-277) Italian submarine Scirè (1938) USS Scorpion (SS-278) USS Scorpion (SSN-589) USS Seawolf (SS-197) USS Shark (SS-174) Soviet submarine Shch-213; French submarine Sibylle (Q175) HMS Sickle; French submarine Sidi Ferruch; HMS Snapper (39S) HMS Sportsman; HMS Sterlet (2S) HMS Stonehenge (P232) HMS Sunfish (81S) French submarine ...
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Submarines continued to be built into the 1960s along with missiles, and nuclear submarine overhauls took place including USS Scorpion (SSN-589) in 1962. In 1966, the shipyard completed the first refueling of a nuclear submarine, USS Skipjack (SSN-585) , and began its first overhaul of a Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarine, USS Thomas A ...
Craven's next large accomplishment was in the search for and locating of the submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589), which had disappeared in deep water in the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal and Spain. [3] As chief scientist of the Special Projects Office, Craven was in charge of the Deep Submergence Systems Project, which included the SEALAB program.