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USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
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USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was returning to Norfolk, VA. from a Mediterranean deployment. On May 22,1968 she reported her position to be about 50 miles south of the Azores. Scorpion was never heard from again. The exact cause of her loss has never been determined. 99 officers and men were lost.
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Gil Raynor
Class:
SSN 588
Commissioned:
7/29/1960
Launched:
12/29/1959
Builder:
Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics)
Length:
252
, Beam:
32
#Officers:
8
, #Enlisted:
75
Fate:
Shortly after midnight of 22 May 1968,She indicated her position to be about 50 miles south of the Azores. Her last transmission ended at 0302. Later information has determined the time of the hull collapse as 1842 UDT on 22 May, 1968 at a depth of 1525 f
