USS Skipjack (SSN-585)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Skipjack.

USS Skipjack (SSN-585)
History
United States
NameSkipjack
NamesakeThe skipjack, a type of tuna
Awarded5 October 1955
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down29 May 1956
Launched26 May 1958
Commissioned15 April 1959
Decommissioned19 April 1990
Stricken19 April 1990
Motto
  • Radix Nova Tridentis
  • (Latin for "Root of the New Sea Power")
FateEntered the Submarine Recycling Program, 17 March 1996
General characteristics
Class and typeSkipjack-class submarine
TypeNuclear-Powered Attack Submarine
Displacement
  • 3,075 long tons (3,124 t) surfaced
  • 3,513 long tons (3,569 t) submerged
Length251 ft 8 in (76.71 m)
Beam31 ft 7.75 in (9.6457 m)
Draft29 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) (official)
  • ~31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h) (theoretical)
  • Actual values are classified.
Complement93 officers & men
Armament6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes

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.