Editing Skipjack-class submarine (section)

{{Short description|Early cold-war US nuclear attack submarine}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = [[Image:USS Skipjack (SSN-585) underway, circa in 1965.jpg|center|200px|USS Skipjack]]
| Ship caption = USS ''Skipjack''
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=
|Builders=*[[General Dynamics Electric Boat]]
*[[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]]
*[[Ingalls Shipbuilding]]
*[[Newport News Shipbuilding]]
|Operators={{naval|United States}}
|Class before={{sclass|Skate|submarine|4}}
|Class after=*{{sclass|Permit|submarine|4}}
*{{USS|Halibut|SSGN-587|6}}
|Subclasses=
|Cost=
|Built range=1956–1961
|In service range= 
|In commission range= 1959–1990
|Total ships building= 
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=6
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=1
|Total ships retired=5
|Total ships preserved=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Header caption = 
| Ship class = 
| Ship type = [[Nuclear submarine|Nuclear-powered]] fast [[attack submarine]]
| Ship tonnage = 
| Ship displacement =* Surfaced: {{cvt|3075|LT|MT|lk=on}}
* Submerged: {{cvt|3513|LT|MT}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1">{{cite book | last = Friedman | first = Norman | author-link = Norman Friedman | title = U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History | publisher = [[United States Naval Institute]] | year = 1994 | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | pages = 128–133, 243 | isbn = 1-55750-260-9 }}</ref>
| Ship length = {{convert|251|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|31|ft|7.75|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draught = 
| Ship draft = 
| Ship depth = 
| Ship power = 
| Ship propulsion = 1 [[S5W reactor]], [[gear]]ed [[steam turbine]]s ({{convert|15000|shp|abbr=on}}),
1 shaft<ref name="FriedmanSubs1"/>
| Ship sail plan = 
| Ship speed = *{{convert|15|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|33|kn}} submerged<ref name="Register">{{cite book | last = Bauer | first = K. Jack | author-link = K. Jack Bauer | author2=Roberts, Stephen S. | title = Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants | publisher = Greenwood Press | year = 1991 | location = [[Westport, Connecticut]] | page = 286 | isbn = 0-313-26202-0 }}</ref>
| Ship range = unlimited except by food.
| Ship endurance = 
| Ship test depth = {{convert|700|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="FriedmanSubs1"/>
| Ship complement = 93
| Ship sensors = 
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *6 × [[American 21-inch torpedo|21-inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s (bow)
*24 × [[Mark 37 torpedo]]es, [[Mark 14 torpedo]]es, [[Mark 16 torpedo]]es, [[Mark 45 torpedo|Mark 45 ASTOR nuclear torpedoes]], and/or [[Mark 48 torpedo]]es.
| Ship notes = 
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The '''''Skipjack'' class''' was a class of six [[United States Navy]] [[nuclear submarine]]s (SSNs) that entered service from  1959 to 1961.  This class was named after its lead boat, {{USS|Skipjack|SSN-585|6}}.  The new class introduced the [[teardrop hull]] and the S5W reactor to U.S. nuclear submarines.<ref name="FriedmanSubs1"/><ref name="Register"/> The ''Skipjack''s were the fastest U.S. nuclear submarines until the {{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|1}}s, the first of which entered service in 1974.