USS SCULPIN was the fourth SKIPJACK - class nuclear-powered attack submarine and the second ship in the Navy to be named after the fish. Decommissioned on August 3, 1990, and stricken from the Navy list on August 30, 1990, the SCULPIN spent the following years at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., awaiting to enter the Navy’s Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program. Recycling of SCULPIN started on October 1, 2000, and was completed on October 30, 2001.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: January 18, 1957 |
| Keel laid: February 3, 1959 |
| Launched: March 31, 1960 |
| Commissioned: June 1, 1961 |
| Decommissioned: August 3, 1990 |
| Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. |
| Propulsion system: one S5W nuclear reactor |
| Propellers: one |
| Length: 251.64 feet (76.7 meters) |
| Beam: 31.5 feet (9.6 meters) |
| Draft: 27.9 feet (8.5 meters) |
| Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 2,880 tons Submerged: approx. 3,500 tons |
| Speed: Surfaced: approx. 15 knots Submerged: approx. 30 knots |
| Armament: six 533 mm torpedo tubes |
| Crew: 8 Officers, 85 Enlisted |
General Characteristics 
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