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USS Scorpion Sub Brief
🕑 Added 2023-07-14 05:11:01 +0000 UTCSUBLOSS SUBSUNK The construction, design and loss of the United States Navy second nuclear submarine. The USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a United States Navy submarine that was lost at sea under mysterious circumstances in 1968. The submarine was a Skipjack-class fast attack submarine and was commissioned in 1960. On May 22, 1968, the USS Scorpion was reported overdue while returning from a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. The submarine was scheduled to arrive at its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, but it never made it. A search and rescue operation was launched, involving surface ships, aircraft, and submarines, to locate the USS Scorpion and its crew. On October 31, 1968, the wreckage of the USS Scorpion was discovered approximately 400 miles southwest of the Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The submarine was found at a depth of about 10,000 feet. The exact cause of the sinking remains officially undetermined, as there were no witnesses and the submarine's final moments were not captured. However, several theories have been proposed over the years. The most widely accepted theory suggests that a catastrophic event occurred within the submarine, possibly related to a malfunctioning torpedo or a failure in the torpedo tube's outer door. This event could have led to the flooding of the submarine and its subsequent loss. Another theory suggests that the USS Scorpion may have been involved in a collision with a Soviet submarine, but this theory lacks conclusive evidence.
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Constantí
Awesome video. Thank you
Roo197
Is this video not working for anyone else. It just says video doesn’t exist?
Thomas Riley
i believe they'd also tried something similar in an exercise previously.
Trent Hauge
Hey Skipper, the theory of the hot run torpedo and the 180° turn has to do with she was found east of her last reported position enroute to surveil a Soviet research flotilla, indicating she had reversed coarse for some reason.
Aidan
Final thoughts slide: I think walves is a spelling error
Love the analysis as always Jive. But, similar to the Thresher the government may be withholding information like the 37 pings, and the sea wolf being at the sink site. What direction was the sub in in final resting spot, what zones have been salvaged from the latest images, and if sosus couldn’t tell directions, couldn’t the government probably not see Russian fleet activity, or at least not share that they probably sank the scorpion. I ask that in the frame that I think the us sank k-129. And there were many more collisions than most people know back then between subs etc.
Glenn Davis
Great video, but I have a question. If this sub was launched around 1960, and lost in 68. How is the technology on it classed as 1970s technology? I don't know how the navy classifies stuff, so I am curious.
