-This post in memory on the 51st anniversary of the sinking of the USS-Scorpion.
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USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy and the sixth vessel of the U.S. Navy to proudly carry that name. Scorpion was lost on 22 May 1968 under mysterious circumstance, with 99 crewmen dying in the incident.
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A stark reminder that freedom is not free.
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Dave Israel
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Thank you for this post, Dave, and the reminder that freedom does not come cheap. I have only a dim memory of the Scorpion disaster. Where was she when this happened so mysteriously? Is there a good book on it I could read?
ReplyDeleteHi Lanny,
ReplyDeleteScorpion was some 700 miles off the Atlantic coast headed for refit at Norfolk. Here is a book for reference:
Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion Paperback – March 25, 2008
by Ed Offley (Author)
I'll tell you my little part in this tragedy offline.
Dave Israel