USS Skipjack (SSN-585) 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 was laid down on 29 May 1956 by the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 26 May 1958, sponsored by Helen Mahon, wife of Representative George H. Mahon from the 19th District of Texas, and commissioned on 15 April 1959 with Commander W. W. Behrens, Jr., in command. On the "Skipjack", there were many design changes that
HMS Skipjack (1889) a minefield laid by the German submarine "UC-68" in the approaches to the Clyde which was holding up shipping from the Clyde and Liverpool. "Skipjack" was a member of the Second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla, based at Scapa Flow as part of the Grand Fleet, in July 1917. In 1918 she was a member of the 13th Fast Minesweeper Flotilla at Oban . "Skipjack" was sold for scrap to Hammond Land Foundry of Dublin on 23 February 1920. HMS Skipjack (1889) HMS "Skipjack" was a of the British Royal Navy. She was built at Chatham Dockyard from 1888–1891. She was converted