- Skate class submarine
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 but their propulsion plants, which were based on the experimental USS|Nautilus|SSN-571|6. The four "Skate" class boats re-introduced stern torpedo tubes. Although among the smallest nuclear powered attack submarines ever built, the "Skate" class served for several decades, with the last being decommissioned in 1989. USS "Skate" was the first submarine to surface at the North Pole, on March 17, 1959."Skate" and "Sargo" were built with the
S3W reactor ,Cite web
url = http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn578.htm
title = USS Skate (SSN 578)
accessdate = 2008-03-01
publisher = Unofficial U.S. Navy Site] Cite web
url = http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn583.htm
title = USS Sargo (SSN 583)
accessdate = 2008-03-01
publisher = Unofficial U.S. Navy Site] "Swordfish" and "Seadragon" with theS4W reactor .Cite web
url = http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn579.htm
title = USS Swordfish (SSN 579)
accessdate = 2008-03-01
publisher = Unofficial U.S. Navy Site] Cite web
url = http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn584.htm
title = USS Seadragon (SSN 584)
accessdate = 2008-03-01
publisher = Unofficial U.S. Navy Site] Later, all were given theS5W reactor .Cite web
url = http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/hardware_sea_sub_ssn_main.html
title = United States Military Submarines: Attack Submarines
accessdate = 2008-03-01
publisher = Combat Index]Ships
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References
*Miller, David. "The Illustrated Directory of Submarines of the World". Pg 366. ISBN 0-7603-1345-8.
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