Five years later, the Navy suffered the loss of a Skipjack-class attack submarine under mysterious circumstances. On May 22, 1968, the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was lost with 12 officers and 87 ...
In May of 1968, that's what happened to the Skipjack-class attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589). After finishing up a deployment in the Mediterranean, the Scorpion headed back to its home port ...