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SKIPJACK CLASS SUBMARINE
 

The Skipjack-class submarines were the first truly modern postwar submarines of the U.S. Navy. The class was an example of how innovative new technologies can combine to produce a weapons system with vastly improved characteristics.

While the USS Nautilus was a one-of-a-kind, proof-of-concept boat, the Skipjacks, with their improved S5W reactors, brought real nuclear power to the bulk of the fleet.

Real useable nuclear power is not the only thing historic for the Skipjack class. In 1953 the Navy introduced a new experimental diesel electric boat USS Albacore. Albacore introduced a new teardrop-shaped hull. The symmetrical, tuna-like hull was a radical break from conventional, cigar-shaped hulls. Albacore could reach amazing thirty-three knots. It could also turn quickly, at a rate of 3.2 degrees per second, instead of the average 2.7 degrees per second of conventional submarines. This new design required a single screw aft of the rudders and stern planes.

The two innovations, a nuclear power and the teardrop hull, proved complementary in the Skipjack class. The design was so successful that it provided a basis for future submarines, not only in the United States, but elsewhere around the world. Thus came Skipjack’s motto “Radix Nova Tridentis,” or “Root of a New Sea Power.”



The Skipjack’s sensor suite was centered around the BQS-4 active/passive sonar array, which had a range of six to eight thousand yards. It also had a BQR-2 passive array with a maximum detection range of thirteen thousand yards. It also had search and attack periscopes in the sail and a surface radar for navigating on the surface.

The submarines were also well armed, with six Mk. 59 bow torpedo tubes. Unlike previous classes, they did not have aft-firing torpedo tubes—their large single propeller made firing torpedoes rearward hazardous. The class could also launch the Mark 45 ASTOR antisubmarine wire-guided nuclear torpedo, which had a range of eight miles and packed an eleven-kiloton nuclear warhead.

This primarily wood USS Skipjack submarine model is 15" long (1/200 scale) x 6.5" tall x 4" wide (including the base's dimensions)  $1,490  Shipping and insurance in the US included. Canada $90. Other countries, $150 flat rate. The model is in stock and can be shipped within five business days.

We accept your commissions to build the USS Skipjack at 21" long (1/144 scale) for $1,970 and 30" long (1/100 scale) for $2,500. Other sizes, please contact us for a quote: services@ModelShipMaster.com.

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ModelShipMaster.com builds any submarine models, at virtually any sizes. When you are choosing a reputable builder for your favorite submarine, look for large photos showing details to verify if a model is worth the title "museum quality" as wildly claimed by some. Do not assume a model that looks good from far away (in smaller photos) is actually good. It's the accuracy and craftsmanship that count and only large photos can tell you that.

Learn more about the USS Skipjack here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipjack-class_submarine