The USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy that tragically sank on May 22, 1968, with the loss of all 99 crew members. The submarine was returning ...

He requested a transfer to the “fast attack” nuclear submarine fleet and reported for duty on the USS Scorpion (SSN 589) in January of 1968. He held the rank of Quartermaster Second Class. The ...

He said on Memorial Day he often thinks of submariners for the aforementioned reasons and specifically the crew of the USS Thresher SSN-593 and the USS Scorpion SSN-589. “Both submariners were lost at ...

Towns around the region are marking Memorial Day weekend with parades and ceremonies honoring the members of the military who died in their service to the nation.

The USS Iowa (SSN 797) — the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the U.S. state — was commissioned in a ceremony on Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut.

They include: Ralph N. Duemling, First Lt, U.S. Marine Corps, 1945 to 1970; LTJG William A Pedersen, U.S. Navy Pilot and FTL, 1945 to 1970; Michael A Najarian, Naval Hospital Corpsman-U.S. Marine ...

USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was one of a number of Skipjack-class nuclear submarines that entered service in the years between 1958 and 1961. In May 1968, at the height of the Cold War, Scorpion ...

But losing them without any known cause is even harder for a navy and family members to deal with. In May of 1968, that's what happened to the Skipjack-class attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589).

On May 22, 1968, the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was lost with 12 officers and 87 sailors. It was one of the worst accidents in U.S. Navy history.

The submarine entering Sinclair Inlet Tuesday afternoon was the arrival of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Helena (SSN-725). At approximately 5:30 p.m. the Helena could be seen ...

She was preceded in death by her late husband, James K. Brueggeman, MM1, USS Scorpion SSN 589, and brothers-in-law Bill Powell, Rufus Baines, Dennis Suelflow, and David Brueggeman.