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USS Scorpion

1959 Skipjack-class submarine that sunk on May 22, 1968 without conclusive explanation
Vehicle Nuclear Submarine Q1757204
USS Scorpion

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
nuclear submarine, shipwreck[3]
Country
United States[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 32.915°, -33.148°[9]
Beam
+9.7[16]
Country of origin
United States[7]
Different from
USS Scorpion[13]
Draft
+9.1[17]
Length
+76.8[14]
Location of creation
General Dynamics Electric Boat[12]
Manufacturer
General Dynamics Electric Boat[5]
Name
USS Scorpion[18]
Operator
United States Navy[4]
Shipping port
Naval Submarine Base New London[8]
Significant event
ship launching, keel laying[10][11]
Vessel class
Skipjack-class submarine[6]
Width
+9.7[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en SSN-589 en USS Scorpion cs SSN-589 de SSN-589 el USS Scorpion (SSN-589) fa یواس‌اس اسکورپیون (اس‌اس‌ان-۵۸۹) he סקורפיון he SSN-589 ja スコーピオン pl SSN-589 ru Скорпион zh 天蝎号核潜艇 zh 天蠍號核子潛艇 zh 蠍子號 zh 蠍子號核子潛艇
🔖 Identifiers · 2
GND ID
4547681-0
Freebase ID
/m/025wyv

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Instance of 2
nuclear submarine, shipwreck
Significant event 2
ship launching, keel laying
Country 1
United States
Different from 1
USS Scorpion
Location of creation 1
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Manufacturer 1
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Operator 1
United States Navy
Shipping port 1
Naval Submarine Base New London
Vessel class 1
Skipjack-class submarine
← Different from 1
USS Scorpion
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Summary

USS Scorpion is a nuclear submarine[1].

Related Entities

United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → 9.7
    Manufacturer → General Dynamics Electric Boat
    Beam → 9.7
    Significant event → ship launching, keel laying
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Country of origin: United States, batch #274364"
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