USS Skipjack (SSN-585)

• 6 × torpedo tube ∅ cm ( 24 shots )

The USS Skipjack ( ID: SSN -585 ) was the lead ship of the Skipjack class. The nuclear -powered submarine was laid on 29 May in 1956 in Groton Electric Boat keel and ran on May 26, 1958 by stack. The transfer to the fleet was on 15 April 1959. First commander was Commander WW Behrens, Jr..

The design of the Skipjack was novel in many ways, starting with the teardrop shaped hull, which was still in the conventionally powered USS Albacore (AGSS-569) found for the first time use. The hydroplanes were attached to both sides of the 7 meters high, narrow and elongated tower; these were now the only protruding from the hull components. A screw behind the rudder made ​​the ship very maneuverable. The reactor type S5W Westinghouse was a considerably more capable successor of the USS Nautilus (SSN -571 ) type used and allowed up to 100,000 miles driving at full force. He was then built up in the mid-1970s on all nuclear submarines of the U.S. Navy until then was used on the ships of the Los Angeles-class S6G the pressurized water reactor from General Electric.

The Skipjack was deleted from the register of ships of the U.S. Navy on 19 April 1990. On March 17, 1996, she became the ' Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program " in Bremerton, Washington, is introduced. Disarmament was completed on 1 September 1998.