Skipjack tuna Skipjack tuna The skipjack tuna ("Katsuwonus pelamis") is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. It is otherwise known as the aku, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna, or victor fish. It grows up to 1 m (3 ft) in length. It is a cosmopolitan pelagic fish found in tropical and warm-temperate waters. It is a very important species for fisheries. It is a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish, common in tropical waters throughout the world, where it inhabits surface waters in large shoals (up to 50,000 fish), feeding on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and molluscs. It is an
USS Skipjack (SSN-585) Night" from 15 September to 9 October. On 22 October, "Skipjack" returned to Norfolk, where she remained through January 1972. "Skipjack" spent most of 1972 in tests and type training out of Groton, CT and Norfolk, VA as well as the Caribbean. The submarine returned to Norfolk in late 1972. Toward the end of spring in 1973, "Skipjack" returned to the Mediterranean Sea and conducted several exercises with the Sixth Fleet. During that time "Skipjack" was home ported at La Maddalena on the NE corner of Sardinia. Returning to Norfolk in September "Skipjack" crossed paths with Hurricane Ellen during the