USS Sculpin (SSN-590)
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| Name: | USS Sculpin |
| Ordered: | 18 January 1957 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 3 February 1958 |
| Launched: | 31 March 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 August 1990 |
| Struck: | 30 August 1990 |
| Motto: | "Videte eos prius" - "See 'em first" |
| Fate: | Entered the Submarine Recycling Program on 1 October 2000 |
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| Class and type: | Skipjack-class submarine |
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| Length: | 251 ft 9 in (76.73 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
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| Test depth: | 700 ft (210 m) |
| Complement: | 118 |
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| Armament: | 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Sculpin (SSN-590), a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin.
Her keel was laid down on 3 February 1958 by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 31 March 1960 sponsored by Mrs. Fred Connaway, widow of Commander Fred Connaway, who was killed while commanding the first USS Sculpin during World War II, and commissioned on 1 June 1961 with Commander C. N. Mitchell in command.
Sculpin departed Pascagoula on 8 June for her designated home port, San Diego, California. Following her arrival there, she began a period of shakedown training. In July, she held special trials and tests in the Puget Sound area and then returned to San Diego for type training. In August, Sculpin cruised to Pearl Harbor for two weeks before returning to San Diego. She operated off the West Coast before entering the Mare Island Naval Shipyard for post-shakedown availability in October. This was completed in late March 1962, and Sculpin returned to her home port.
Following training operations, she departed for the western Pacific in May; returning to San Diego in August. The nuclear submarine participated in local training operations, ordnance evaluation projects, and fleet exercises until entering the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in early January 1963 for a hull survey. Sculpin returned to San Diego at the end of the month, conducted type training for two months and, on 29 March, got underway for a dependents' cruise. The submarine returned to Mare Island in April for restricted availability and remained there until August when she returned to San Diego and commenced local operations.
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