USS Scorpion 

Photo #: NH 97230 USS Scorpion (SSN-589) Photographed on 22 August 1960, off New London, Connecticut. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.	Photo #: NH 70305 USS Scorpion (SSN-589) Comes alongside USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2) outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, 10 April 1968. Scorpion was lost with all hands in May 1968, while returning to the U.S. from this Mediterranean deployment. Courtesy Lieutenant John R. Holland, Engineering Officer, USS Tallahatchie County, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Photo #: USN 1136658 Wreck of USS Scorpion (SSN-589) View of the sunken submarine's bow section, 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 bow section, from the vicinity of the sail (which has been torn off)--at left-- to the tip of the bow--at top center. The torpedo room hatch is visible about half-way along the length of this hull section, with a lifeline track running aft from it. The original photograph bears the date 30 January 1969. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Photo #: NH 97226 Commander Francis A. Slattery, USN "Commanding Officer of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) when it was reported missing in May 1968. Cdr. Slattery took command of USS Scorpion in October 1967." Quoted from caption released with this photograph. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.	Photo #: NH 97227 Lieutenant Commander David B. Lloyd, USN "Executive Officer of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) when it was reported missing in May 1968." Quoted from caption released with this photograph. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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