USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
USS Scorpion, 22 August 1960, off New London, Connecticut
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| Name: | USS Scorpion |
| Ordered: | 31 January 1957 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down: | 20 August 1958 |
| Launched: | 29 December 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 29 July 1960 |
| Struck: | 30 June 1968 |
| Fate: | Sank on 22 May 1968; cause of sinking unknown. All 99 on board killed. |
| Status: | Located on the seabed of the Atlantic Ocean, 32°54.9′N 33°08.89′W / 32.9150°N 33.14817°W, in 3,000 m (9,800 ft) of water, 740 km (400 nmi) southwest of the Azores |
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| Class and type: | Skipjack-class submarine |
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| Length: | 76.8 m (252 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | S5W reactor |
| Complement: | 8 officers, 75 men |
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USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy and the sixth vessel of the U.S. Navy to carry that name. Scorpion was lost on 22 May 1968, with 99 crewmen dying in the incident. USS Scorpion is one of two nuclear submarines the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher. It was one of four mysterious submarine disappearances in 1968, the others being the Israeli submarine INS Dakar, the French submarine Minerve and the Soviet submarine K-129.
Scorpion's keel was laid down 20 August 1958 by General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched 19 December 1959, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth S. Morrison, the daughter of the last commander of the World War II-era USS Scorpion (which was also lost with all hands, in 1944). Scorpion was commissioned 29 July 1960, Commander Norman B. Bessac in command. (See USS George Washington for info on how that sub had originally been laid down with the name and hull number, USS Scorpion SSN-589, intended to be an attack sub.)
Assigned to Submarine Squadron 6, Division 62, Scorpion departed New London, Connecticut, 24 August for a two-month European deployment. During that time, she participated in exercises with 6th Fleet units and NATO-member navies. After returning to New England in late October, she trained along the eastern seaboard until May 1961. On 9 August 1961, she returned to New London, moving to Norfolk, Virginia, a month later. In 1962, she earned a Navy Unit Commendation.
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