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SSN-585 USS Skipjack
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Namesake. The skipjack, a type of tuna
Awarded. 5 Oct 1955
Builder. General Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down. 29 May 1956
Launched. 26 May 1958
Commissioned. 15 Apr 1959
Decommissioned. 19 Apr 1990
Stricken. 19 April 1990
Motto. Radix Nova Tridentis (Latin for "Root of the New Sea Power")
Fate. Entered the Submarine Recycling Program, 17 Mar 1996
Class and type. Skipjack-class attack submarine
Displacement:
3,075 long tons (3,124 t) surfaced
3,513 long tons (3,569 t) submerged
Length. 251 ft 8 in (76.71 m)
Beam. 31 ft 7.75 in (9.6457 m)
Draft. 29 ft 5 in (8.97 m)
Propulsion:
1 × S5W reactor
2 × Westinghouse steam turbines, 15,000 shp (11 MW)
1 shaft
Speed. > 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h); 31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement. 93 officers & men
Armament. 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes
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