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The name SCORPION is from an order of arachnids having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip.

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CALL NAME - "Brandywine"

CLASS - (SSN-585) SKIPJACK Attack Submarine (3)

AWARDED - 1957

BUILDER - Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT

IN COMMISSION - 1961 - 1968

DISPOSITION - lost by storm or perils of the sea, May, 1968.

SCORPION Awards/Recognition - her commanding officer received the Navy Commendation Medal for outstanding leadership, foresight, and professional skill in 1966.

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USS SCORPION (SSN-589) LINKS

USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - CSP boat tragedy page.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - Alan Stricklin's USS SCORPION (SS-589) page (stats appear to have been compiled by SubNet.com).
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - USS Scorpion (SS-278/SSN-589) Alumni Home Page. Dedicated to the crewmembers of both USS SCORPIONs. Commissioning and final crew lists provided. Includes reunion information and a bulletin board. Browse for USS SCORPION (SS-589) links.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - SubNet SCORPION stats and photo page. [ www.subnet.com/fleet/ssn589.htm ]
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - NavSource Submarine Photo Archive.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - SCORPION Navy Vessel Register web page.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - info on the loss of SCORPION; also has crew list, history and photos.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - the NavySite.de SCORPION page.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - Jerry M. Pratt's unofficial SCORPION site; lots of info. [ www.geocities.com/ssn589sub/home.htm ] NOT FOUND
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - what happened to SCORPION? This expose' details previously classified info including info about compromised U.S. Navy communications codes - a new twist on an old tale by Ed Offley, Seattle Post-IntelIigencer Military Reporter, May 21, 1998.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a Neohumanism.org SCORPION page.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - USS_Scorpion_shaft_failure; Yahoo! Groups. Membership required.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION DANFS narrative page (short).
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - another U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION DANFS narrative page.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION DANFS narrative page.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION page; list of Sailors Who Perished in the Loss of USS Scorpion (SSN-589) on 22 May 1968.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; this page features or provides links to all our views of USS Scorpion.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Photographed on 27 June 1960, off New London, Connecticut, during builder's trials. Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) photographed on 22 August 1960, off New London, CT. A "GUPPY" type submarine is faintly.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; Insignia of USS Scorpion (SSN-589). This emblem was adopted in 1960. Within the shield are four symbols, representing: Scorpion.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; photographed on 22 August 1960, off New London, CT.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; Commander Francis A. Slattery, USN, Commanding Officer of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) when she was reported missing in May, 1968. Cdr. Slattery took command of USS Scorpion in October, 1967.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; Slattery, Francis A., Commander, USN (1931-1968); promoted to the rank of Commander in 1967, he was Commanding Officer of USS Scorpion (SSN-589) during her 1968 Mediterranean cruise and lost with his ship while returning from that deployment in May 1968.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; Lieutenant Commander David B. Lloyd, USN, Executive Officer of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) when she was reported missing in May, 1968.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; this page features more photographs of USS Scorpion with USS Tallahatchie County in April 1968.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; this page features views of USS Scorpion with USS Tallahatchie County in April 1968.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) approaches USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) in preparation for coming alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; this page features views of USS Tallahatchie County with USS Scorpion in April 1968.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Comes alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, 10 April 1968. The submarine's Commanding Officer, Commander Francis A. Slattery, is atop her sail, holding a megaphone.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Comes alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, 10 April 1968.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; this page features more photographs of USS Tallahatchie County with USS Scorpion in April 1968 - Part II.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) With USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside, outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, 10 April 1968. Scorpion.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Ties up alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, 10 April 1968. This view shows the submarine's line handling crew aft of her sail, just as she has been made fast and the National Ensign transferred to its "in port" position.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) prepares to come alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, 10 April 1968.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, in April, 1968, shortly before.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, in April,1968, shortly before.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN_589) alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, in April ,1968, shortly before.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, in April, 1968, shortly before.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, in April, 1968, shortly before.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, in April 1968, shortly before.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, in April, 1968, shortly before she departed on her last voyage. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of SCORPION.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; USS Scorpion (SSN-589) alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, 14 April 1968. This is believed to be one of the last photographs taken of SCORPION.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Wreck of USS SCORPION (SSN-589). Damaged section of the Scorpion's snorkel exhaust piping fairing. The rectangle white areas are.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Wreck of USS SCORPION (SSN-589). Debris located on the bottom of the ocean floor in the area 400 miles southwest of the Azores.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. A mosiac of the sail of the Scorpion showing the starboard side and starboard fairwater plane.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Wreck of USS SCORPION (SSN-589). Atlantic Ocean (August 1986)....Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.... View of the bow section of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) where it rests on the ocean floor.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Wreck of USS SCORPION (SSN-589). Atlantic Ocean (August 1986)....Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Wreck of USS SCORPION (SSN-589). 400 miles Southwest of the Azores: Forward compartment of USS Scorpion where it rests.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Wreck of USS SCORPION (SSN-589). Atlantic Ocean (August 1986)....Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Wreck of USS SSCORPION (SSN-589). 400 miles southwest of the Azores: The after messenger bouy cavity from the USS SCORPION...
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. USNS Mizar (T-AGOR-11). Side view of the towed sled used by the Navy research ship Mizar in the search for the nuclear.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. USNS Mizar (T-AGOR-11)...... Bottom view of the towed sled used by the Navy research ship Mizar in the search for the nuclear submarine USS SCORPION (SSN-589).....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. View of the sunken submarine's sail, probably taken when SCORPION was located by USNS Mizar (T-AGOR.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. View of the sunken submarine's bow section, on the Atlantic Ocean floor 10,000 feet deep, some 400 miles.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; in late October 1968, after an extensive search of the Atlantic ocean floor some 400 miles southwest of the Azores, a deep-submergence vehicle deployed from USNS Mizar located USS Scorpion's wreck. This page features views taken at that time. They were released for publication in January 1969.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page. Section of the sunken submarine's hull, on the Atlantic Ocean floor 10,000 feet deep, some 400 miles.....
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a U.S. Navy Historical Center SCORPION photo page; this page features views of USS Scorpion's wreck that have been taken since 1968.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a SCORPION narrative page by NavyHistory.com.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - Military.com submarine SCORPION Homepage; Buddies, Reunions, Messages, Histories; you have to do the email/password thing, what else is new?
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - lots of SCORPION pictures and newspaper clippings by Paul Walker.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a Wikipedia.org SCORPION page.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - USS Scorpion Alumni Home Page - dedicated to those who served aboard SS-278 and SSN-589.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - a USSVI Ship's Profile page w/Classification, Characteristics, Key Dates, Reunion/Association, Crew Lists (available on DeckLog), History, Internet Associations and Reunions, Photo and Patch.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - an identical page to the USSVI page above by Decklog.com.
USS SCORPION (SSN-589) - The USS Scorpion - Mystery of the Deep. The Navy says the submarine's sinking was an accident; revelations suggest a darker scenario. Stories by Ed Offley, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Military Reporter.