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 Fleet Reactor) during development. The S5W was used on 98 U.S. nuclear submarines of 8 classes and the first British nuclear submarine, , making it the most-used US Navy reactor design to date. "Skipjack" was authorized in the FY 1956 new construction program and commissioned in April 1959. Each hull cost around $40 million. "Skipjack" was certified as the "world's fastest submarine" after initial sea trials in March 1959, although the actual speed attained was classified. The "Skipjack"s remained the fastest US nuclear-powered submarines until the first of the "Los Angeles" class entered service in 1974. This was due to