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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: USN 1136662

Wreck of USS Scorpion (SSN-589)


Section of the sunken submarine's hull, on the Atlantic Ocean floor 10,000 feet deep, some 400 miles southwest of the Azores. Probably taken when Scorpion was located by USNS Mizar (T-AGOR-11) in October 1968.
This image shows the top of the hull, aft of amidships. The large oval opening is the stowage bay for the messenger bouy. Also visible are circular ballast tank vents, two rectangular access hatches into the superstructure and damaged snorkel exhaust piping.
The original photograph bears the date 30 January 1969.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 430 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1136662.

 

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24 January 2000