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Sculpin (SSN-590)

Radio Call Sign: November - Zulu - Tango - Mike

Skipjack Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 3 February 1958, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.; Launched, 31 March 1960; Commissioned, USS Sculpin (SSN-590), 1 June 1961; Decommissioned, 3 August 1990; Struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1990; Laid up at Bremerton Naval Shipyard; Final Disposition, disposed through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., completed 23 March 1999.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 2,880 t., Submerged: 3,500 t.; Length 251' 9"; Beam 32'; Draft 28 ft.; Speed, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged 30+ kts; Depth Limit 700'; Complement 118; Combat Systems, Sonar, BQR-12, BQR-2 passive, BQS-4 (modified) active/passive; Radar BPS-12; Fire Control, MK-101 torpedo FCS, ASW MK-48; Armament, six 21" torpedo tubes, forward; Propulsion System, one S5W nuclear reactor, two Westinghouse steam turbines, one propeller 15,000 shp.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
179k	Submarine Silhouettes of 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Skate (SSN-578), Skipjack (SS-585), Triton (SSRN-586), Halibut (SSGN-587), Thresher (SSN-593), Tullibee (SSN-597), George Washington (SSBN-598), & Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) classes.	U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Ron Titus, courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp.
187k	Nuclear Submarine Profiles 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Triton (SSRN-586), Skate (SSN-578) & Skipjack (SS-585) classes, Halibut (SSGN-587) & Tullibee (SSN-597) classes, George Washington (SSBN-598) & Thresher (SSN-593) classes.	US Navy photo courtesy of Ron Titus courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp. Photo i.d. courtesy of Dave Johnston. Photo added 09/24/07.
33k	Mrs. Connaway prepares to break the traditional bottle of champagne on the bow of Sculpin (SSN-590) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS., on 31 March 1960.	Courtesy of home.cshore.com / Stanley J. Bice.
97k	Commemorative Illustrated emblem / logo of the Sculpin (SSN-590), first Atomic submarine built in the Deep South, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
329k	Commemorative post card marking the Sculpin's (SSN-590) launching, 31 March 1960 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
338k	Commemorative post card marking the commissioning of the Sculpin (SSN-590), 1 June 1961. The signature is that of the sponsor of the boat, Mrs. Connaway, the wife of Lieutenant Commander Fred Connaway, USN. He and 62 other crewmen were lost with the first Sculpin (SS-191) when it was sunk on 19 November 1943 in action against the Japanese.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
51k	All wrapped up in bunting, the Sculpin (SSN-590) is about to get that sweet taste of champagne across her bow at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS., on 31 March 1960.	Courtesy of home.cshore.com / Stanley J. Bice.
29k	Sculpin (SSN-590) is waterborne following her launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.	Courtesy of home.cshore.com / Stanley J. Bice.
89k	Sculpin (SSN-590), underway in the Gulf of Mexico during her alpha trials, 9-1-1961.	USN photo.
201k	Sculpin (SSN-590), underway in the Gulf of Mexico during her alpha trials, 9-1-1961.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
60k	Watercolour and gouache on paper painting by the artist Viktor Stepansky entitled "Diving Skipjack Class". The Skipjack Class (SSN-585 / 88-92) - clearing showing the tear-drop shape adopted by many of the submarine's successors. The Scorpion (SSN-589) is pictured here underway.	Photo & text courtesy of subart.net.
331k	Commemorative post card marking the visit of the Sculpin (SSN-590) to Australia 2 -18 May 1964 & the 22nd anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
53k	Sculpin (SSN-590), underway on 6 July 1965. Operations and exercises along the west coast, from San Diego to Bangor, Wash., occupied the submarine for the next 25 months.	Photo from Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 and submitted courtesy of Robert Hurst. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
259k	Commemorative post card marking the 5th anniversary of the Sculpin's (SSN-590) commissioning, 1 June 1966.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
20k	Broadside view of the Sculpin (SSN-590), possibly while on her 2nd visit to Japan, 23 Nov. 1967.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
103k	With the engineering "E" for excellence on her sail, the Sculpin (SSN-590), makes her way on the surface, possibly outside Pearl Harbor after her first major overhaul and refueling since commissioning. She was in drydock from 30 January 1968 to 22 January 1969. Sea trials and training lasted until 26 July when she sailed to Pearl Harbor on a shakedown training cruise.	US Navy photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
29k	Commemorative post card marking the inactivation ceremony of the Sculpin (SSN-590), at Norfolk Naval Base, 3 November 1989.	Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt.
296k	Commemorative post card marking the decommissioning ceremony of the Sculpin (SSN-590) at Newport News VA., 3 August 1990.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
334k	Commemorative post card marking the completion of scrapping of the Sculpin (SSN-590) at Puget Sound Naval Base, Bremerton, Washington, 30 August 2001.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.