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
HMS Skipjack (1808) HMS Skipjack (1808) HMS "Skipjack" was the French privateer schooner "Confiance", launched in 1800 at Baltimore. The Royal Navy captured her in 1808 and took her into service. She then participated in the capture of Guadeloupe in 1810. She was paid off in 1811 and broken up in 1812. The French armed "Confiance" at Guadeloupe in October 1806. Though pierced for 16 guns, she carried fewer. On 12 December 1807, "Confiance", of seven guns and 90 men, captured the packet "Duke of Montrose" after an engagement that lasted three and a half hours. "Duke of Montrose" did not strike until