USS Scamp (SS-277), a Gato -class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp grouper, a member of the family Serranidae. Scamp ′s keel was laid down on 6 March 1942 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.

USS Scamp (SSN-588), a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the fish family Serranidae.

Scamp was a Skipjack -class nuclear-powered submarine, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for a member of the fish family Serranidae. Scamp was the second ship in the radical new-design Skipjack class, commissioned on 5 June 1961. This submarine class introduced the teardrop hull and the S5W reactor to U.S. nuclear submarines.

SCAMP, in the seven patrols completed before her loss, sank six ships, totaling 49,000 tons, and damaged eight, for 40,400 tons. Her first patrol was in the southern approaches of the Japanese Empire in March 1943.

Scamp stopped at Pearl Harbor during the period 10 to 15 September then set sail for San Diego. Arriving on 21 September the nuclear submarine immediately entered a period of standdown and upkeep until 1 November when she resumed operations in the vicinity of San Diego.

Built by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Laid down March 6, 1942. Launched July 20, 1942 as USS Scamp SS-277 sponsored by Miss Katherine Eugenia McKee. Commissioned September 18, 1942 into the U.S. Navy (USN) assigned to Commander W. G. Ebert.

Scamp was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the fish family Serranidae. Scamp was the second ship in the radical new-design Skipjack class. This new class introduced the teardrop hull and the S5W reactor to U.S. nuclear submarines.

Scamp, in the seven patrols completed before her loss, sank six ships, totaling 49,000 tons, and damaged eight, for 40,400 tons. Her first patrol was in the southern approaches of the Japanese...

Technical reference information and diagrams about the USS Scamp, SSN 588, once the world's fastest and most maneuverable nuclear submarine.

USS Scamp (SS-277), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scamp, a member of the Serranidae family. Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1942 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 20 July 1942 sponsored by Miss...