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.

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 SKIPJACK was the first ship in a series of six nuclear-powered attack submarines and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name.

Nov 18, 2012 · This website is dedicated to the Crew of the Skipjack whose standards and performance were instrumental in helping to win the Cold War. The Skipjack was the first of her class and the first of a new style of Submarine which now silently patrol the world's oceans.

May 31, 2024 · The lead boat was SSN-585. It was the next iteration which followed previous conventional boats number, the supplementary “N” defining the propulsion source. This first boat was untrusted and ordered to Electric Boat, laid down on 29 May that year.

USS SKIPJACK (SSN-585) was the proto-type which mated nuclear power with an Albacore hull. During her shakedown cruise in August 1959, she became the first nuclear ship to pass through the Straits of Gibraltar and operate in the Mediterranean Sea.

USS Skipjack SSN-585 was the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the skipjack, a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish common in tropical waters throughout the world.

SSN-585 Skipjack Skipjack Class was the first "top to bottom" new attack submarine design using nuclear propulsion. In 1954 the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear powered submarine, was launched. Nuclear power enabled this submarine to become the first true "submersible" - able to operate underwater for an indefinite period of time.

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SSN-585 Skipjack Skipjack Class was the first "top to bottom" new attack submarine design using nuclear propulsion. In 1954 the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear powered submarine, was...