On May 22, 1968, The USS Scorpion (SSN 589), a Skipjack-class nuclear powered submarine, was lost with 99 crewmen. Below is the Officers, Sailors and Civilian that lost their lives.
On May 22, 1968, The USS Scorpion (SSN 589), a Skipjack-class nuclear powered submarine, was lost with 99 crewmen. Below is the Officers, Sailors and Civilian that lost their lives.
Station HYPO 
22 May 2022 at 17:02
May these men forever RIP in the hands of GOD. Thank you, Mario, for remembering them.
I do have one question: What do the letters ‘SG’ and ‘SU’ behind some names mean rather than ‘SS’?
Jim King
CTOC Ret.
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22 May 2022 at 21:23
SU) – “In training for submarine qualifications”
(SQ) – “Qualified in submarines, but not planned for future assignment to submarine duty.”
(SG) – “Qualified in submarines, but not in submarine source rating; not detailed by the submarine community.”
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23 May 2022 at 01:14
RIP Shipmates
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23 May 2022 at 19:49
I was a CT stationed in Azores at the time. We listened and listened for any signal whatsoever from the Scorpion. Unfortunately nothing but silence. A very long time ago. Continued peace shipmates.
Larry R. Angerer
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7 September 2022 at 17:53
I think of the Scorpion often, the decision of one man changed the fate of his family and mine forever. My father was transfer to the Scorpion just a few weeks before it left on its last mission. The SK on the sub, enlistment was up, my father was actually in route to join the crew when the order came for him not to join them, the other man reenlisted with the clause that he would return to the Scorpion and he’s crew and My father was sent back to his family. He passed last year and we found all the orders for it, and the order releasing him from it. RIP to the crew of 589.
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