USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
USS Scorpion, 22 August 1960, off New London, Connecticut | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Scorpion |
| Ordered | 31 January 1957 |
| Builder | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down | 20 August 1958 |
| Launched | 29 December 1959 |
| Commissioned | 29 July 1960 |
| Stricken | 30 June 1968 |
| Nickname(s) | USS Scrapiron |
| Fate | Lost with all 99 crew on 22 May 1968; cause of sinking unknown |
| Status | Located on the seabed of the Atlantic Ocean, 32°55′N 33°09′W / 32.917°N 33.150°W, in 3,000 m (9,800 ft) of water, 740 km (400 nmi) southwest of the Azores |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Skipjack-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 251 ft 8 in (76.71 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 7.75 in (9.6457 m) |
| Draft | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | S5W reactor |
| Complement | 8 officers, 75 enlisted |
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USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, the sixth vessel and second submarine to carry that name.
Scorpion imploded and sank on 22 May 1968. She is one of two nuclear submarines that the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher. She was one of the four submarine disappearances in 1968, the others being the Israeli submarine INS Dakar, the French submarine Minerve, and the Soviet submarine K-129.
The wreckage of the Scorpion remains in the north Atlantic Ocean with all its armaments and nuclear reactor.