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USS SCAMP was the second SKIPJACK - class nuclear-powered attack submarine and the second ship in the Navy to be named after the fish. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on April 28, 1988, the SCAMP later entered the Navy’s Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., and finished it on September 30, 1991.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: July 23, 1957 |
Keel laid: January 23, 1959 | |
Launched: October 8, 1960 | |
Commissioned: June 5, 1961 | |
Decommissioned: April 28, 1988 | |
Builder: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif. | |
Propulsion system: one S5W nuclear reactor | |
Propellers: one | |
Length: 251.64 feet (76.7 meters) | |
Beam: 31.5 feet (9.6 meters) | |
Draft: 27.9 feet (8.5 meters) | |
Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 2,880 tons Submerged: approx. 3,500 tons | |
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots Submerged: approx. 30 knots | |
Armament: six 533 mm torpedo tubes | |
Crew: 8 Officers, 85 Enlisted |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS SCAMP. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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