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Skipjack (SS-184)

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Romeo - Bravo

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Keel Laying / Pre WW II

Salmon Class Submarine: Laid down, 22 July 1936, at Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 23 October 1937; Commissioned, USS Skipjack (SS-184), 30 June 1938; Decommissioned, 28 August 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 13 September 1948; Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 11 August 1948, off the coast of California. Skipjack earned seven battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,449 t., Submerged: 2,198 t.; Length 308' ; Beam 26' 1"; Draft 14' 2"; Speed, Surfaced 21 kts, Submerged 9 kts; Complement 5 Officers 50 Enlisted; Armament, eight 21" torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .50 caliber machine guns, two .30 caliber machine guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric, four Hoover, Owens, Rentschler Co. diesel engines, (replaced in 1943-1944 with four General Motors 278A diesel engines), 5,500 hp, Fuel Capacity, 96,025 gals. four Elliot Motor Co. electric motors, 3,300 hp, Battery Cells 252, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
59k	The Japanese Freighter *S.S. Shunko Maru* is sinking in the central Pacific, after she was torpedoed by Skipjack (SS-184) on 14 October 1942. Photographed through *Skipjack's* periscope. *Shunko Maru's* back appears to be broken, and her hull bears traces of pattern camouflage paint.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 80-G-33292, now in the collections of the National Archives.
71k	Skipjack (SS-184) underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 March 1943.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99193 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
55k	Skipjack (SS-184) underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 March 1943.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # 19-N-42441, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
83k	Skipjack (SS-184) seen from ahead, while underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 March 1943.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99195 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
92k	Skipjack (SS-184) seen from astern, while underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 March 1943.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99194 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
82k	Plan view of the Skipjack (SS-184), aft, taken off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 March 1943. White outlines mark recent alterations. In Berth 12 is *LST-482*. She was at Mare Island only from the 20th to the 24th of March 1943. It seems that LST's would leave Kaiser at Richmond and come to Mare Island for some type of certification. Note also the barrage balloons in the background.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99196 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Partial text courtesy of Darryl Baker.
82k	Plan view of the Skipjack (SS-184), foreward, taken off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 March 1943. White outlines mark recent alterations. Note the unmarked LST and barrage balloons in the background.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99197 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
34k	Starboard side view of the Skipjack (SS-184), underway off Mare Island Navy Yard following overhaul. April 1944.	Text courtesy of DANFS. Photo from Silverstone, U.S. Warships of WW II, courtesy of Aryeh Wetherhorn.
183k	Amidships looking forward plan view of Skipjack (SS-184) in Mare Island channel on 19 Jul 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 25 April to 26 July 1944.	USN photo # 4709-44, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
189k	Amidships looking aft plan view of Skipjack (SS-184) in Mare Island channel on 19 Jul 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 25 April to 26 July 1944.	USN photo # 4708-44, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
53k	Skipjack (SS-184), off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 19 July 1944.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99198 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
53k	Skipjack (SS-184), off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 19 July 1944.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # 19-N-70244, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
68k	Port side view of the Skipjack (SS-184), underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 19 July 1944.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99199, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
88k	Skipjack (SS-184), photographed from ahead, while underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 19 July 1944.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99200, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
90k	Skipjack (SS-184), photographed from astern, while underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 19 July 1944. In the left center background are six tank landing craft, with *LCT-1079, LCT-1078* and *LCT-1320* (listed from left to right) moored side by side in the nearest group.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99201, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
108k	Skipjack (SS-184), Plan view amidships and aft, taken off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 19 July 1944. White outlines mark recent alterations, among them a 4"/50 deck gun, which replaced her previous 3"/50 gun.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99202, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
100k	Insignia designed for Skipjack (SS-184), during World War II.	Photograph # NH 65256-KN, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center,
98k	Chivo (SS-341) moored in Pearl Harbor with her decks awash. Skipjack (SS-184) & Parche (SS-384) moored off to the side, 1945.	US Navy photo courtesy of Medzius & usschivo.org via Bill Gonyo. Photo added 04/22/08.
38k	Skipjack (SS-184), at South Boston Navy Yard, circa 15 Nov 1945 to 4 Feb 1946.	Photo by Vincent Grobbel, BM1, USCG, USS Davenport (PF-69), courtesy of Mike Grobbel.
74k	The Skipjack (SS-184) (inboard) and Skate (SS-305) are seen at the Pacific Reserve Fleet Mare Island in Oct 1947.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
86k	ex Skipjack (SS-184), sinking off southern California, after being used as a target, 11 August 1948. Note her propellers, stern planes, rudder, and badly damaged after superstructure.	Photograph # NH 99203, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, courtesy of Commander Donald B. Ingerslew, USN, via his daughter, Mary Jacobs.