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SSN 578 Showcase

USS SKATE (SSN 578)

USS SKATE (SSN 578) ties up in Rotterdam, South Holland, for a much-deserved port call!

~ 15 MAR 1958 (Herbert Behrens, Dutch National Archive)

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USS SKATE (SSN 578)

USS SKATE (SSN 578) throws an impressive bow wave into the wind during sea trials as she conducts testing at 10 knots.

~ 06 DEC 1957 (US Navy Official Photograph)

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USS SKATE (SSN 578)

Sea trials Run #1 finds USS SKATE (SSN 578) making three knots on the surface out of Groton CT.

~ 06 DEC 1957 (US Navy Official Photograph)

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USS SKATE (SSN 578)

In a historic rendezvous under the North Pole ice, USS SKATE (SSN 578) and USS Seadragon (SSN 584) surfaced and exchanged plaques from their respective Pacific and Atlantic fleets.

~ 02 AUG 1962 (US Navy Official Photograph)

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USS SKATE (SSN 578)

Performing local operations off the Connecticut coast, USS SKATE (SSN 578) finds smooth sailing on a near-still sea.

~ 23 MAY 1963 (US Navy Official Photograph)

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