USS Skipjack
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Class overview | |
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Builders | |
Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by | Skate class |
Succeeded by | |
Built | 1956–1961 |
In commission | 1959–1990 |
Completed | 6 |
Lost | 1 |
Retired | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Nuclear-powered fast attack submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 251 ft 8 in (76.71 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 7.75 in (9.6457 m) |
Propulsion | 1 S5W reactor, geared steam turbines (15,000 shp (11,000 kW)), 1 shaft[1] |
Speed | |
Range | unlimited except by food. |
Test depth | 700 ft (210 m)[1] |
Complement | 93 |
Armament |
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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. The new class introduced the teardrop hull and the S5W reactor to U.S. nuclear submarines.[1][2] The Skipjacks were the fastest U.S. nuclear submarines until the Los Angeles-class submarines, the first of which entered service in 1974.