USS Snook (SSN 592)

- decommissioned -

The sixth and final SKIPJACK - class nuclear-powered attack submarine, the USS SNOOK was the second ship in the Navy to be named after the robalo of the Atlantic that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line and attains a length of about four feet and a weight from 15 to 20 pounds. Decommissioned on October 16, 1986, and stricken from the Navy list on November 14, 1986, the SNOOK entered the Navy’s Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., on October 1, 1996. Recycling was completed on June 30, 1997.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: January 18, 1957
	Keel laid: April 7, 1958
	Launched: October 31, 1960
	Commissioned: October 24, 1961
	Decommissioned: October 16, 1986
	Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.
	Propulsion system: one S5W nuclear reactor
	Propellers: one
	Length: 251.64 feet (76.7 meters)
	Beam: 31.5 feet (9.6 meters)
	Draft: 27.9 feet (8.5 meters)
	Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 2,880 tons Submerged: approx. 3,500 tons
	Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots Submerged: approx. 30 knots
	Armament: six 533 mm torpedo tubes
	Crew: 8 Officers, 85 Enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS SNOOK. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS SNOOK:

Date	Where	Events
October 25, 1972	Dabob Bay, Wash.	The SNOOK is slightly damaged when she strikes bottom in Dabob Bay, Wash., while on a celebration run. The SNOOK is able to surface without any problems.
April 23, 1975	30 miles off San Francisco, Calif.	USS SNOOK becomes entangled in a net of a probable Soviet fishing trawler while submerged at a depth of 150 feet in a submarine diving area off California. The SNOOK is pulled to periscope depth immediately astern of the trawler, however, SNOOK breaks free and clears the area. About 25 Soviet fishing vessels are in the area at the time of the incident.

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