USS Scorpion
USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, the sixth vessel and second submarine to carry that name. It is managed by the United States Navy.
An ancient site
Plan where you’ll sleep
No town within 30 miles has many hotels or campgrounds. Look at the towns below, or plan to camp.
One of the most looked-up attractions in the U.S.
About 173K people a year read its Wikipedia article, more than for 98% of the 7,799 attractions we track.
Written from Census job and town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
USS Scorpion
USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, the sixth vessel and second submarine to carry that name.
Scorpion imploded and sank on May 22, 1968. She is one of two nuclear submarines that the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher. She was one of the four submarine disappearances in 1968, the others being the Israeli submarine INS Dakar, the French submarine Minerve, and the Soviet submarine K-129.
- Type
- Ancient site
- Run by
- United States Navy
- Wikipedia readers
- 173K a year
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · U.S. Census.