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) summoned nearby gunboats, and at 1 pm the next day, "Skipjack" spotted "U-16", but the submarine dived to safety and escaped. While the German official history records that "'Skipjack" fired on "U-16", this is not confirmed by "Skipjack"s log or official report of the incident. On 17 December 1914, "Skipjack" and the torpedo gunboats and were on passage from Lowestoft to Scapa Flow, when they were temporarily diverted to help to deal with a minefield laid off Scarborough during the Bombardment of Scarborough on 16 December. In early May 1917 "Skipjack" and three other torpedo gunboats were sent to sweep