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Commander James Wiggins "Red" Coe (June 13, 1909 – September 28, 1943) (missing), January 8, 1946 (presumed dead) was an American submariner. A submarine ace, [1] Coe commanded USS Skipjack and Cisco during operations in the Pacific theatre of World War II. [2]
Skipjack′s keel was laid down on 29 May 1956 by the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut.She was launched on 26 May 1958, sponsored by Helen Mahon, wife of Representative George H. Mahon from the 19th District of Texas, and commissioned on 15 April 1959 with Commander W. W. Behrens, Jr., in command.
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.
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
The Skipjack 15 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass.It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The mainsail is a full roach design, which is fully battened and there is a bar-style mainsheet traveler.
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.
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Skipjack 15, an American sailing dinghy design; HMS Skipjack, Royal Navy, Halcyon class minesweeper, sunk by bombs in 1940; Skipjack (boat), a type of fishing boat used on the Chesapeake Bay, USA