USS Scamp (SSN-588)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Scamp.
USS Scamp (SSN-588), a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the fish family Serranidae.
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United States | |
Name | USS Scamp |
Ordered | 23 July 1957 |
Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
Laid down | 23 January 1959 |
Launched | 8 October 1960 |
Commissioned | 5 June 1961 |
Decommissioned | 28 April 1988 |
Stricken | 28 April 1988 |
Honors and awards | Three campaign stars for Vietnam War service |
Fate | Entered the Submarine Recycling Program in 1990 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Skipjack-class submarine |
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Length | 251 ft 8 in (76.71 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 7.75 in (9.6457 m) |
Draft | 30 ft 5 in (9.27 m) |
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Speed | 31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h) |
Complement | 83 officers & men |
Armament | 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes |
Service record | |
Part of: | US Seventh Fleet |
Operations: | Vietnam War |
Awards: | 3 Battle stars |
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