USS Skipjack (SSN-585) provided support vessel services for another submarine's sea trials. Following this mission, "Skipjack" entered NNSDDCO in October for decommissioning. "Skipjack" was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 April 1990, having served for 31 years in the US Navy. ex-"Skipjack" entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 17 March 1996. Recycling was completed on 1 September 1998. USS Skipjack (SSN-585) 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. Her keel
Skipjack-class submarine torpedo room and AMS for ballast tanks. The design was improved on the "Thresher"s, the one-off , and subsequent attack submarines by relocating the torpedo room into the operations compartment via angled midships torpedo tubes to make room for a large sonar sphere in the bow. The "George Washington" class, the first SSBNs, were derived from the "Skipjack"s, with rebuilt from the incomplete first . The hull of "Scorpion" was laid down twice, as the original hull was redesigned to become the "George Washington". Also, the material for building was diverted into building , which delayed "Scamp"s progress. The bow