Skipjack-Class Submarines: The Innovative Roots of Modern U.S. Naval Power. Submarine technology has come a long way from initial concepts, which were essentially submersible tubs.

The Skipjack submarines were not “just” a serially-produced class of nuclear-powered attack submarines—though, in the mid-1950s, that alone would have been a respectable achievement.

"Fabulous, absolutely fabulous," said Commander William W. Behrens Jr. of the nuclear submarine Skipjack, just returned last week from her first sea trials. "We could hardly believe ...

EASTON — Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum guests are invited to watch model skipjack races beginning Sunday, June 11, with the race series continuing on select Sundays through October.

The Skipjack also borrowed the Albacore’s HY-80 high-strength steel, which offered a yield strength of 80,000 pounds per square inch. The finished Skipjack measured 251 feet long with a 31 foot ...