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
Skipjack-class submarine torpedo room and AMS for ballast tanks. The design was improved on the "Thresher"s, the one-off , and subsequent attack submarines by relocating the torpedo room into the operations compartment via angled midships torpedo tubes to make room for a large sonar sphere in the bow. The "George Washington" class, the first SSBNs, were derived from the "Skipjack"s, with rebuilt from the incomplete first . The hull of "Scorpion" was laid down twice, as the original hull was redesigned to become the "George Washington". Also, the material for building was diverted into building , which delayed "Scamp"s progress. The bow