SSN 578 Showcase
USS Skate (SSN 578) ties up in Rotterdam, South Holland, for a much-deserved port call!
~ 15 MAR 1958 (Herbert Behrens, Dutch National Archive)
USS Skate (SSN 578) throws an impressive bow wave into the wind during sea trials as she conducts testing at 10 knots.
~ 06 DEC 1957 (US Navy Official Photograph)
Sea trials Run #1 finds USS Skate (SSN 578) making three knots on the surface out of Groton CT.
~ 06 DEC 1957 (US Navy Official Photograph)
In a historic rendezvous under the North Pole ice, USS Skate (SSN 578) and USS Seadragon (SSN 584) surfaced and exchanged plaques from their respective Pacific and Atlantic fleets.
~ 02 AUG 1962 (US Navy Official Photograph)
Performing local operations off the Connecticut coast, USS Skate (SSN 578) finds smooth sailing on a near-still sea.
~ 23 MAY 1963 (US Navy Official Photograph)