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Skipjack-class submarine

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Atomic Sub 'skipjack' (1959)

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USS Skipjack Nuclear Sub, Sea Trials 1959/4/13

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Revell 1/72 US Navy Skipjack Class Submarine # 05119 www.eModels.co.uk

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USS Skipjack New Nuclear Submarine 1959

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1/72 USS Skipjack Class Nuclear Submarine Descend & Upward

The Skipjack class was a class of United States Navy nuclear submarines (SSNs) that entered service in 1959-61. This class was named after its lead boat, USS Skipjack. The new class introduced the teardrop hull and the S5W reactor to U.S. nuclear submarines. The Skipjacks were the fastest U.S. nuclear submarines until the Los Angeles-class submarines, the first of which entered service in 1974.