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USS Sculpin (SSN-590) Submarine Model

Submariners!  Dive again with this USS Sculpin (SSN-590) Submarine Model.  You’ll treasure the authenticity of this handcrafted model submarine.

• 20 inches
• Made from Mahogany
• US Naval Aviator Owned Business

USS Sculpin (SSN-590), a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the sculpin. Sculpin′s keel was laid down on 3 February 1958 by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 31 March 1960, sponsored by Mrs. Fred Connaway, widow of Commander Fred Connaway, who was killed while commanding the first USS Sculpin (SS-191) during World War II, and commissioned on 1 June 1961 with Commander C. N. Mitchell in command. Sculpin was decommissioned on 3 August 1990 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 August 1990. Her final Captain was Cmdr. J. B. Allen. Sculpin was decommissioned at Newport News Naval Shipyard with ceremonies occurring at Norfolk Naval Base prior to the shipyard event. ex-Sculpin entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 1 October 2000 and on 30 October 2001 ceased to exist.