USS Scamp (SSN-588)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Scamp |
| Ordered | 23 July 1957 |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 23 January 1959 |
| Launched | 8 October 1960 |
| Commissioned | 5 June 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 28 April 1988 |
| Stricken | 28 April 1988 |
| Honors & awards | Three campaign stars for Vietnam War service |
| Fate | Entered the Submarine Recycling Program in 1990 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Skipjack-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 251 ft 8 in (76.71 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 7.75 in (9.6457 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft 5 in (9.27 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h) |
| Complement | 83 officers & men |
| Armament | 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | US Seventh Fleet |
| Operations: | Vietnam War |
| Awards: | 3 Battle stars |
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USS Scamp (SSN-588), a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the fish family Serranidae.