USS Skate (SSN-578) was the third submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear submarines. She was the third nuclear submarine commissioned, the first to make a completely submerged trans-Atlantic crossing, the second submarine to reach the North Pole , and the first to ...

On 30 July, Skate steamed to the Arctic where she operated under the ice for 10 days. During this time, she surfaced nine times through the ice, navigated over 2,400 miles under it, and became the second ship to reach the North Pole. On 23 August, she steamed into Bergen, Norway.

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USS Skate (SSN 578) - decommissioned - USS SKATE was the lead ship of a class of four nuclear-powered attack submarines and the second ship in the Navy named after the saltwater fish.

On 30 July, Skate steamed to the Arctic where she operated under the ice for ten days. During this time, she surfaced nine times through the ice, navigated over 2,400 miles under it, and became...

Jan 27, 2024 · USS Skate (SSN-578) was started at Electric Boat on 21 July 1955 (laid down), launched by 16 May 1957 and completed on 23 December 1957. She was to be decommissioned on 12 September 1986 and was completely Recycled by March 1995.

The Skate-class submarines were the United States Navy's first production run of nuclear-powered submarines. They were an evolution of the Tang class in everything except their propulsion plants, which were based on the operational prototype USS Nautilus .

USS Skate (SSN-578), the third submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear submarines.

USS SKATE (SSN-578) was the third submarine to bear this name and the third nuclear powered submarine constructed by the United States. Her namesake in World War 2 conducted seven war patrols and later served as a target ship for the atomic bomb test at Bikini in 1946.

2 days ago · USS Skate (SSN 578) surfaces for the first time at the North Pole on March 17, 1959. The official Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) command history entry for April 28, 1965 is yet only one sentence long and reads as follows: “USS Skate arrived for nuclear overhaul job, the first such overhaul in the shipyard.” ...