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 to ...

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 ...

The Soviet submarine K-129, armed with 3 nuclear missiles ... It was a cat-and-mouse game beneath the ocean waves. USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was one of a number of Skipjack-class nuclear submarines ...