USS Skate (SSN-578)
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USS Skate was the third submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear submarines. She was the third nuclear submarine commissi
Skate with an ice pack behind her
USS Skate in August 1958, possibly at Drifting Ice Station Alfa
USS Skate in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, March 1958
USS Skate surfaced in Arctic – 1959
USS O-12
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USS O-12, also known as "Submarine No. 73", was one of 16 O-class submarines of the United States Navy commissioned during World War I.
USS Skate (SSN-578)
…Wilkins and committed his ashes at the pole. In 1931, Sir Hubert had conducted an Arctic expedition in the disarmed research submarine Nautilus (ex-USS O-12). After reaching the Pole, the Skate continued its mission to pioneer arctic operations during periods of extreme cold and maximum ice thickness. When…
USS O-12 at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, on 7 October 1918