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    USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, and the sixth vessel, and second submarine...
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  • USS Scorpion may refer to: USS Scorpion (1812), a block sloop in commission from 1812 to 1814 that was part of Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla...
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  • It has been used several times to find lost sea vessels, for example USS Scorpion, and has played a key role in the recovery of the flight recorders in...
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  • Look up Scorpion, scorpion, Scorpiones, or scorpling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A scorpion is a predatory arthropod animal. Scorpion may also...
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    suffered a similar fate, and that was USS Scorpion, which sank in 1968 for reasons still undetermined. Scorpion was not SUBSAFE-certified. The chapel...
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    USS Scorpion (SS-278) – a Gato-class submarine – was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scorpion. Scorpion′s keel was laid down...
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    INS Dakar, the French submarine Minerve, and the American submarine USS Scorpion. After nearly two weeks of silence during her patrol in the Pacific Ocean...
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  • the deep-diving tests. Location: 350 km (190 nmi) east of Cape Cod. USS Scorpion, a Skipjack-class submarine, sank May 22, 1968, evidently due to implosion...
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    Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow,...
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  • USS Scorpion was a schooner of the United States Navy during the War of 1812. She was the second USN ship to be named for the scorpion. The British captured...
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  • USS Scorpion (SSN-589), has been lost. On 10 April 1963, while on a deep test dive about 200 miles off the northeast coast of the United States, USS Thresher (SSN-593)...
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    killing 39 sailors. USS Scorpion (SSN-589), 1968: was lost at sea, evidently due to implosion upon sinking. What caused Scorpion to descend to her crush...
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  • submarine Minerve, the Soviet submarine K-129, and the U.S. submarine USS Scorpion. HMS Totem was built as a group 3 variant of the British T-class submarine;...
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    The fourth USS Scorpion was a steam yacht in commission in the United States Navy from 1898 to 1899, 1899 to 1901, and 1902 to 1927. Scorpion was built...
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  • the contaminated regions, one of the last American nuclear submarines, USS Scorpion, placed by its captain, Commander Dwight Towers, under Australian naval...
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    unknown causes in 1968 along with the Soviet submarine K-129, the American USS Scorpion, and Israeli submarine INS Dakar. After more than 50 years missing, the...
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    from the Skipjacks, with USS George Washington (SSBN-598) rebuilt from the incomplete first Scorpion. The hull of Scorpion was laid down twice, as the...
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    with all hands, of the previous submarine USS Scorpion (SS-278), christened the sub. The new USS Scorpion was lost with all hands on May 22, 1968. Walker...
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  • Experiment by Peter Shepherd, 1988 USS Savo – aircraft carrier in The Bridges at Toko-ri by James A. Michener, 1953 USS Scorpion – On the Beach by Nevil Shute...
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    On 28 May, she participated in the search for the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion. This was followed by exercises in the Jacksonville, Florida, and Virginia...
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  • The third USS Scorpion was a steamer in commission in the United States Navy from 1847 to 1848. Scorpion was built in 1846 as the commercial steamship...
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  • the name "Podvodnaya Lodka B-427 Scorpion" after being put on display at Long Beach, California in 1998 USS Scorpion (SS-278), a Gato-class submarine...
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    DSV Alvin (redirect from USS Alvin)
    team involved in the Titanic expedition also explored the wreck of the USS Scorpion (SSN-589), a Skipjack-class submarine armed with nuclear torpedoes, which...
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    off Palomares, Spain. The ship was engaged in the extended search for USS Scorpion (SSN-589), which was found in October, 1968. She also took part in searches...
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    USS Scorpion was a self-propelled floating artillery battery in commission with the United States Navy from 1812 to 1814. Scorpion was sloop-rigged and...
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  • rebuilt early in construction from a Skipjack-class fast attack submarine, USS Scorpion, with a 130 ft (40 m) missile compartment welded into the middle. Nuclear...
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    George Washington was originally laid down as the attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589). During construction, she was lengthened by the insertion of...
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  • Melbourne's survivors. In the film there is no USS Swordfish, only the submarine USS Scorpion. For the film, Scorpion is renamed Sawfish, and the boat comes to...
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  • during the Cold War: USS Thresher due to equipment failure during a test dive while at its operational limit, and USS Scorpion due to unknown causes...
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    Navy ships or submarines, two nuclear-powered submarines, USS Thresher and USS Scorpion were lost at sea. The condition of these reactors has not been...
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