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 | 1.20k | Bow view of the Skate (SSN-578),underway on 6 December 1957, 1st run at 3 knots. | US National Archives photo # 80G-1037389 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert. Photo added 05/17/12. |
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 | 1.00k | Bow view of the Skate (SSN-578),underway on 6 December 1957, 2nd run at 10 knots. | US National Archives photo # 80G-1037388 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert. Photo added 05/17/12. |
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 | 317k | The Skate (SSN-578) is sponsored by Mrs. Lewis L. Strauss on 23 December 1957. | Photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 51k | Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the Skate's (SSN-578) Polar ice Cap cruise, 1958. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 173k | Skate (SSN-578), tying up at the sub base at Groton CT., circa 1958. | Photo courtesy of the Sunday Replublican, Springfield Mass. Submitted by Stan Svec. | |
 | 30k | Two crew-members of the Skate (SSN-578) checking melt-water while above the Arctic Circle in 1958. | US Navy photo courtesy of US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory. | |
 | 104k | Lt. William Layman peering through thick porthole covered with leaded glass into reactor for inspection on nuclear submarine Skate (SSN-578), 1958.
| Photographer: Hank Walker, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. | |
 | 131k | Sailors aboard nuclear submarine Skate (SSN-578) pushing torpedo in place near tube as other sailor sleeps on bunk below, 1958.
| Photographer: Hank Walker, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. | |
 | 100k | Comm. James Calvert looking through periscope in control center aboard nuclear submarine Skate (SSN-578).
| Photographer: Hank Walker, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. | |
 | 187k | British sailors looking at nuclear submarine Skate (SSN-578) emerging at Portland, England after the first submerged crossing of the Atlantic, 1958. | Photographer: Hank Walker, courtesy of time.com. via / images.google.com & Life. | |
 | 66k | Skate (SSN-578) underway circa 1958. | Skyfotos from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1961-62 edition, submitted by Robert Hurst. | |
 | 56k | Three crew-members of the Skate (SSN-578) checking the ice on deck while above the Arctic Circle in 1959. | US Navy photo courtesy of US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory. | |
 | 24k | Skate (SSN-578),taken in summer, perhaps in August 1958. | Photo i.d. courtesy of Graham P Davis. US Navy photo courtesy of tripod.com |
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 | 63k | Skate (SSN-578) moored to the ice at floating ice station Alpha. | Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 578k | On 17 March 1959, Skate (SSN-578) surfaced at the North Pole to commit the ashes of the famed explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins to the Arctic waste. | Text courtesy of DANFS. USN photo # NPC 1149126 courtesy of US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory, Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 05/17/12. |
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 | 62k | Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the Skate (SSN-578), as the first Submarine to surface at the North Pole, 17 March 1959. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 63k | Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the Skate (SSN-578), during her Polar Ice cap cruise at the North Pole, 1959. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 30k | Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the Skate (SSN-578), breaking the Trans-Atlantic speed record. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 125k | Vice Admiral James F. Calvert played a key role in developing nuclear submarine Arctic tactics during his tour as commanding officer of the Skate (SSN-578) from December 1957 to September 1959. Skate surfaced at the North Pole in February 1959. During this tour, Calvert also helped define the operational capabilities of the Navy's first series-production class of nuclear submarine. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Calvert graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1942 and from Submarine School in September of that year. He was awarded the Silver Star and the Bronze Star while serving aboard the submarine Jack (SS-259) during World War II. He also served as executive officer aboard the Haddo (SS-255) in 1945. Following the war, he served as executive officer aboard the Charr (SS-328) and Harder (SS-568) and as commanding officer of the Trigger (SS-564). Calvert served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 1968 to 1972. | US Navy photo courtesy of navy.mil. & submitted by Bill Gonyo. | |
 | 362k | Ice Skate (SSN-578). | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 05/17/12. |
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 | 179k | Submarine Silhouettes of 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Skate (SSN-578), Skipjack (SS-585), Triton (SSRN-586), Halibut (SSGN-587), Thresher (SSN-593), Tullibee (SSN-597), George Washington (SSBN-598), & Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) classes. | U.S. Navy Photograph submitted by Ron Titus, courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp. | |
 | 187k | Nuclear Submarine Profiles 1960: Nautilus (SSN-571), Seawolf (SSN-575), Triton (SSRN-586), Skate (SSN-578) & Skipjack (SS-585) classes, Halibut (SSGN-587) & Tullibee (SSN-597) classes, George Washington (SSBN-598) & Thresher (SSN-593) classes. | US Navy photo courtesy of Ron Titus courtesy of Ingersoll-Rand. Corp. Photo i.d. courtesy of Dave Johnston. | |
 | 242k | Skate (SSN-578) rides the waves. | USN photo # USN 1026364 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 05/17/12. |
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 | 138k | On 7 July 1962, Skate (SSN-578) again pointed her bow towards the
North Pole. Five days later, sister ship Seadragon (SSN-584) based in Pearl Harbor, did likewise. The mission of the two submarines was to rendezvous under the ice there. They began rendezvous procedures on 31 July. After the historic meeting, the two ships operated together for over a week. Both submarines surfaced at the North Pole on 2 August and official greetings and insignia of the Submarine Forces, Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet, were exchanged. Skate is seen there in a photo dated a week later. | Text courtesy of DANFS. USN photo # K-27399 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 05/17/12. |
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70k | Seadragon (SSN-584), foreground, and her sister Skate (SSN-578) during a rendezvous at the North Pole in August 1962. Note the men on the ice beyond the submarines. | USN photo from The American Submarine, by Norman Polmar, submitted by Robert Hurst. | |
 | 67k | Skate (SSN-578), at the North Pole, 1962. | US Navy photo. | |
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31k | Commemorative postal cover issued on the occasion of the Seadragon (SSN-584) & Skate (SSN-578) for the first rendezvous at the North Pole, August 1962. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 40k | Skate (SSN-578), and Seadragon (SSN-584) surfaced at the North Pole, 1962. | US Navy photo courtesy of US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory. | |
 | 1.30k | Skate (SSN-578) returned to New London and performed fleet and local operations for the next several years. She is seen here on 23 May 1963. | Text courtesy of DANFS. USN photo # NPC 1072986 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 05/17/12. |
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 | 73k | The Skate (SSN-578) above the Arctic Circle in 1971. | US Navy photo courtesy of US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory. | |
 | 676k | Seven page PDF Welcome Aboard the Skate (SSN-578), circa 1982. | Photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. PDF added 05/17/12. |
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683k | An aerial view of a section of the Ship Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 17 May 1993.
One submarine tender and 16 decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are shown including the Seawolf (SSN-575); six George Washington, and Lafayette class SSBN's (with their missile sections cut out) plus several Skate, Skipjack, Permit and Sturgeon class SSN's. All are awaiting scrapping. Bottom row, from left to right Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Skipjack (SS-585), Snook (SSN-592), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), Lapon (SSN-661), Dace (SSN-607), Skate (SSN-578), Swordfish (SSN-579), Sargo (SSN-583) , Seadragon (SSN-584). Across the pier are Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), and not in view, Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), George Washington (SSBN-598), Barb (SSN-596) & Sea Devil (SSN-664). |
Official U.S. Navy Photograph # DN-ST-95-01863, by Calvin Larsen, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston (USN). | |
 | 140k | Photo date is March of 1994 during the demolition process for the submarines Skate (SSN-578) and Sargo (SSN-583) . Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 3, Farragut Avenue, Bremerton, Kitsap, WA. South Section from caisson when drydock is almost fully flooded in preparation for docking Sargo next to Skate [not in picture}. Other views of the flooding procedure were not permitted for this HAER report. | LOC photo # 370865pv courtesy of Stephen Gower. | |
 | 110k | View of fully flooded drydock with caisson opened. Newly arrived submarine is being placed in position. Berthed submarine on right is same as that seen in photo WA-116-25. Camera is pointed S from bulkhead. | LOC photo # 370866pv courtesy of Stephen Gower. | |
 | 291k | "Sign of the times." March 1994 photo of Nuclear submarines at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard waiting in line for scrapping. Top row left to right are Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Seawolf (SSN-575), Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685) alongside Sperry (AS-12), with Triton (SSRN-586) across the pier from the Sperry . Bottom row, from left to right Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Skipjack (SS-585), Snook (SSN-592), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), Lapon (SSN-661), Dace (SSN-607), Skate (SSN-578), Swordfish (SSN-579), Sargo (SSN-583) , Seadragon (SSN-584). Across the pier are Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), and not in view, Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), George Washington (SSBN-598), Barb (SSN-596) & Sea Devil (SSN-664). There are so many submarines at PSNSY that the yard is running out of pier space. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 83k | Trench 94, Hanford Site, Washington, 1994. Hull sections containing defueled reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines are put in disposal trenches. Once full, the trench will be filled with dirt and buried. The compartments are expected to retain their integrity for more than 600 years. | USN photo & partial text courtesy of home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/rx. & submitted by Jack Treutle. | |
 | 569k | Sealed reactor compartments are shipped by barge out of Puget Sound Naval Base down the coast and along the Columbia River to the port of Benton. There the radioactively-contaminated hull sections are transferred to special multiwheeled high-load trailers for transport to the Hanford Reservation in Washington State. Pictured below is the burial ground for spent fuel of the following 77 nuclear reactor submarines as of March 2003: Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), Snook (SSN-592), George Washington (SSBN-598), Scamp (SSN-588), Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600), Dace (SSN-607), John Adams (SSBN-620), Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602), Barb (SSN-596), Ethan Allen (SSBN-608), Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), Pollack (SSN-603), Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685), James Monroe (SSBN-622), Skipjack (SS-585), Nathan Hale (SSBN-623), Plunger (SSN-595), Shark (SSN-591), Lafayette (SSBN-616), Sam Houston (SSBN-609), Jack (SSN-605), Haddo (SSN-604), Tinosa (SSN-606), Guardfish (SSN-612), Permit (SSN-594), Queenfish (SSN-651), Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), John Marshall (SSBN-611), George C. Marshall (SSBN-654), Flasher (SSN-613), Guitarro (SSN-665), Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617), George Washington Carver (SSBN-656), Tecumseh (SSBN-628), Halibut (SSGN-587), Will Rogers (SSBN-659), Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655), Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), Greenling (SSN-614), John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), Skate (SSN-578), Sargo (SSN-583), Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), Sturgeon (SSN-637), Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640), Swordfish (SSN-579), Seadragon (SSN-584), Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634), Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641), Hammerhead (SSN-663), Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658) , Tullibee (SSN-597), Lewis & Clark (SSBN-644), Pargo (SSN-650), Seahorse (SSN-669), Gurnard (SSN-662), Flying Fish (SSN-673), Gato (SSN-615), Puffer (SSN-652), Seawolf (SSN-575), Baton Rouge (SSN-689), Bergall (SSN-667), Whale (SSN-638), Henry Clay (SSBN-625), James Madison (SSBN-627), Finback (SSN-670), Spadefish (SSN-668), Sunfish (SSN-649), George Bancroft (SSBN-643), Grayling (SSN-646), Pintado (SSN-672), Tunny (SSN-682), Archerfish (SSN-678), & Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624). | USN photo & partial text courtesy of home.flash.net/~tomj/tunny/chop/rx. & submitted by Jack Treutle. | |
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