USS Skate (SSN-578) was the third submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear...

London:1995, ISBN 1-55750-132-7. "USS Skate (SSN 578)". Unofficial U.S. Navy Site. Retrieved 1 March 2008. "USS Sargo (SSN 583)". Unofficial U.S. Navy Site...

USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North...

Pearl Harbor. The second USS Skate (SS-305) was a Balao-class submarine that saw action in World War II. The third USS Skate (SSN-578), the lead ship of her...

been installed on the USS Skate (SSN-578), along with the Nautilus, following successful sea trials on the Compass Island. USS Skate reached the North Pole...

technology was. Ideas were bounced around including for Nautilus and USS Skate (SSN-578) to complete a submerged lap around the Earth. Until Nautilus commander...

boats of a class are noticeably similar. Experimental use: an example is USS Albacore (AGSS-569), which used an unprecedented hull design. In this list...

reactor USS Skate (SSN-578) USS Sargo (SSN-583) USS Halibut (SSGN-587) S4G reactor USS Triton (SSRN-586) S4W reactor USS Swordfish (SSN-579) USS Seadragon (SSN-584)...

first submarine to transit submerged under the North Pole in 1958. USS Skate (SSN-578), a nuclear-powered submarine commissioned in 1957, was the first...

prototype with no camera, is the first satellite in polar orbit 1959: USS Skate (SSN-578) becomes first submarine to surface at the North Pole on 17 March...