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Scorpion
'Skipjack' Class Nuclear Attack Submarine
- Length: 251 feet 9 inches
- Width: 31 feet 6 inches
- Displacement: 3,500 tons submerged
- Propulsion: S5W pressurized-water reactor
- Speed: 20 knots surface, 35+ submerged
- Torpedoes: 14 Mark 37, 7 Mark 14-5, 2 Mark 45
Astor
- Torpedo tubes: Six 21-inch bow
Scorpion's final seconds (Time based on hydroacoustic
events of the Scorpion sinking recorded at the Canary
Islands. Source: Supplementary Record of Proceedings of
Court of Inquiry by commander-in-chief, U.S. Atlantic
Fleet.)
- 1859:35 -- 1. Torpedo warhead explosion on port side
of middle of sub causes rapid flooding of control room
and other areas amidships.2. Water passes through access
tunnel to reactor and auxiliary machinery room.
- 1901:06 -- 3. Torpedo compartment bulkhead collapses,
causing rapid flooding.
- 1901:10 -- 4. Engine room bulkhead collapses aft into
engine room, causing 85-foot stern section of submarine
to telescope forward into auxiliary machinery and reactor
compartments.
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