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SKIPJACK CLASS SUBMARINE
The Skipjack-class submarines were the
first truly modern postwar submarines of the U.S. Navy.
The class was an example of how innovative new
technologies can combine to produce a weapons system
with vastly improved characteristics.
While the
USS Nautilus was a one-of-a-kind, proof-of-concept boat,
the Skipjacks, with their improved S5W reactors, brought
real nuclear power to the bulk of the fleet.
Real
useable nuclear power is not the only thing historic for
the Skipjack class.
In 1953 the Navy introduced a new experimental diesel
electric boat USS Albacore. Albacore introduced a new
teardrop-shaped hull. The symmetrical, tuna-like hull
was a radical break from conventional, cigar-shaped
hulls. Albacore could reach amazing thirty-three knots.
It could also turn quickly, at a rate of 3.2 degrees per
second, instead of the average 2.7 degrees per second of
conventional submarines. This new design required a
single screw aft of the rudders and stern planes.
The two innovations, a nuclear power and the teardrop
hull, proved complementary in the Skipjack class. The
design was so successful that it provided a basis for
future submarines, not only in the United States, but
elsewhere around the world. Thus came Skipjack’s motto
was “Radix Nova Tridentis,” or “Root of a New Sea
Power.”
The Skipjack’s sensor suite was centered around the
BQS-4 active/passive sonar array, which had a range of
six to eight thousand yards. It also had a BQR-2 passive
array with a maximum detection range of thirteen
thousand yards. It also had search and attack periscopes
in the sail and a surface radar for navigating on the
surface.
The submarines were also well armed, with six Mk. 59 bow
torpedo tubes. Unlike previous classes, they did not
have aft-firing torpedo tubes—their large single
propeller made firing torpedoes rearward hazardous. The
class could also launch the Mark 45 ASTOR antisubmarine
wire-guided nuclear torpedo, which had a range of eight
miles and packed an eleven-kiloton nuclear warhead.
This primarily wood USS Skipjack submarine model is
15" long (1/200 scale) $1,100
 Shipping and insurance in the US included.
Canada $90.
Other countries, $150 flat rate. Scheduled to be
completed in April, 2021. We are building only
one model. After that, commissions only.
We accept your
commissions to build the
USS Skipjack
at 21" long (1/144 scale) for $1,500 and 30" long
(1/100 scale) for $2,300. Other sizes, please
contact us for a quote:
services@ModelShipMaster.com
We can change the
number to make the following boats for you:
USS Skipjack (SSN-585)
USS Scamp (SSN-588)
USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
USS Sculpin (SSN-590)
USS Shark (SSN-591)
USS Snook (SSN-592)
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Learn
more about the USS Skipjack here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipjack-class_submarine
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