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USS Skipjack (SSN-585)

Skipjack-class submarine
USS Skipjack (SSN-585), the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the skipjack tuna. Wikipedia
Launched: May 26, 1958
Length: 252′
Commissioned: 15 April 1959
Decommissioned: 19 April 1990
Speed: > 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) (official); ~31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h) (theoretical); Actual values are classified