USS Skipjack SSN-585
Nuclear Powered Fast Attack Submarine

-Skill level 3
-Highly detailed navigational & communications array featuring
antennae, periscope and snorkel.
-Includes hull numbers and ship names for all 6 Skipjack-class
subs.
-Photo-etched metal main sea water suctions and discharges.
-Model is suitable for radio control conversion.

1:72-scale styrene kit features exacting detail, and includes
over 50 precision-tooled parts, instructions for assembly and a
complete set of decals including draft markings, hull numbers and
ship names of all 6 Skipjack-class vessels. The completed kit
measures 42 inches long, and includes display stands.

Radix Nova Tridentis, the motto of the SSN-585 USS Skipjack,
means "Roots of the New Sea Power". When the Skipjack was
completed in 1958, she truly epitomized that statement, ushering
in an exciting new era of advanced U.S. Navy fast-attack
submarines.

The Skipjack-class of submarine was developed specifically with
the undersea environment in mind: sporting a design that took
advantage of new scientific insights into underwater
maneuverability, the Skipjack debuted as the fastest submarine of
its time. The boat's teardrop-shaped hull design and single
propellor allowed the Skipjack to travel underwater at very high
speeds while maintaining maneuverability. The carefully
engineered placement of the 23-foot sail with the forward dive
planes mounted on it provided needed balance to the craft,
further ensuring stability and precision steering. The efficient,
streamlined shape of the submarine, driven with the latest thing
in nuclear propulsion, the S5W plant, gave the Skipjack its
record-breaking speed, and established its reputation as the
"Maserati of the Seas" - fast, loud and sexy!

The innovations introduced in the Skipjack class informed the
design and construction of every U.S. attack submarines for the
next 30 years. Skipjack had an extensive career, participating in
many naval maneuvers, training exercises and systems tests and
evaluations, and remained active until April 1990, when she was
decommissioned.