The USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy that tragically sank on May 22, 1968, with the loss of all 99 crew members. The submarine was returning to ...

The USS Skipjack (SSN-585 ... Thus the tragedy was caused not by a torpedo or by any mistakes on the part of her crew, but rather by poor maintenance. That theory is backed up by reports ...