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To: bitt

Not to confuse but Skipjack 585 was sunk in the Atlantic, near the Azores, in 1966. Nobody really knows why. That’s a later hull that was scrapped at Bremerton.


686 posted on 03/03/2025 1:53:53 PM PST by OldWarBaby
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To: OldWarBaby
Great article about the USS Scorpion:

The USS Scorpion: Buried at Sea | Naval History - February 2025, Volume 39, Number 1

712 posted on 03/03/2025 3:30:18 PM PST by Keflavik76 (Fret not thyself because of evildoers)
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To: OldWarBaby; bitt

can’t find any record of a loss in 1966. Can you fill in the blanks ? Thanks

https://www.hullnumber.com/SSN-585

https://naval-encyclopedia.com/cold-war/us/skipjack-class-submarines.php

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1966

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lost_United_States_submarines


729 posted on 03/03/2025 4:07:29 PM PST by stylin19a ( If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball)
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