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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}

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| Ship country = United States
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| Ship name = USS ''Scamp''
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| Ship ordered = 23 July 1957
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| Ship laid down = 23 January 1959
| Ship launched = 8 October 1960
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| Ship decommissioned = 28 April 1988
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| Ship struck = 28 April 1988
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| Ship honors = Three [[campaign star]]s for [[Vietnam War]] service
| Ship fate = Entered the Submarine Recycling Program in 1990
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Skipjack|submarine}}
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| Ship complement = 83 officers & men
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'''USS ''Scamp'' (SSN-588)''', a [[Skipjack class submarine|''Skipjack''-class]] nuclear-powered [[submarine]], was the second ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for the [[Grouper|scamp]], a member of the fish family Serranidae.

==Construction and commissioning==
''Scamp''′s [[keel]] was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 23 January 1959 at [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]] in [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]], [[California]].  She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 8 October 1960, [[Ship sponsor|sponsored]] by Mrs. John C. Hollingsworth, widow of [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] [[John C. Hollingsworth]], the [[commanding officer]] of {{USS|Scamp|SS-277}} at the time of her loss in November 1944 during [[World War II]]. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 5 June 1961 with Commander W. N. Dietzen in command.<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS |url= http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/scamp-ii.html |title= Scamp II }}</ref>

== Operational history ==
=== 1960s ===
''Scamp''’s first four months in the fleet were taken up by advanced trials and training exercises in the [[Bremerton, Washington]], [[San Diego, California]], and [[Pearl Harbor]], areas. Following these operations, she returned to [[Vallejo, California]], for post-shakedown availability at [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]]. Leaving the shipyard ''Scamp'' completed her final acceptance trials and began local operations in the San Diego area. During training the sub lost her screw off the coast of California on 4 December 1961 and was towed back to Mare Island by the Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Comananche WMEC-202 ( built for the USN as ATA-202 in 1944) In April 1962 she deployed to the western Pacific, returning to San Diego in July. She operated locally until September, when she departed on another extended training cruise.  ''Scamp'' returned to San Diego and local operations until February 1963 when she entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard for interim drydocking. She refloated in March and, in April, deployed again to the western Pacific. While in the Far East, she conducted another extended period of advanced training, including operations in the Okinawa area. ''Scamp'' reentered San Diego Bay in October 1963. She resumed her West Coast operations out of San Diego until June 1964, then, she headed west again for advanced readiness training.  She arrived back in San Diego in September 1964.<ref name=DANFS />

''Scamp'' entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard again in January 1965 for extensive modification. In June 1966 after the installation of the [[SUBSAFE]] package and overhaul, she left Mare Island and returned to training cruises in the San Diego operating area. In November she ventured north to [[Puget Sound]] for a month of operations and returned to San Diego in December. The nuclear submarine operated out of San Diego for the first six months of 1967. On 28 June, she departed San Diego to join the [[US 7th Fleet|Seventh Fleet]] in the western Pacific.  She remained in the Far East, participating in fleet operations along the [[Vietnam]]ese coast, until returning to San Diego on 28 December 1967.<ref name=DANFS />

''Scamp'' operated out of San Diego in the local operating area from January to May 1968. On 11 May, she arrived at Pearl Harbor to conclude an extended training cruise. She returned to San Diego on 19 May and remained there until 15 June, when the submarine shifted to San Francisco to enter Mare Island Naval Shipyard for a three-week restricted availability. She returned to San Diego on 16 July and finished out the year sailing from that port on various exercises and training cruises.<ref name=DANFS />

''Scamp'' continued stateside duty throughout 1969. She alternated in-port periods with training cruises until early March when she began pre-overhaul tests in the San Diego operating area. She continued preparing for overhaul and participating in exercises until 1 November when she entered [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]] for regular overhaul. While at Bremerton, ''Scamp'' was assigned that port as her new home port. The overhaul continued through 1970 and ended in January 1971.<ref name=DANFS />

=== 1970s ===
Following post-overhaul sea trials in Puget Sound, ''Scamp'' was reassigned back to San Diego, as home port on 12 February 1971, but did not enter that port until 16 April after a voyage to Pearl Harbor. On 27 July, she deployed to the western Pacific. ''Scamp'' stopped at Pearl Harbor from 2 August to 13 August, then headed on to Subic Bay, arriving on 30 August.  For the bulk of 1971, she operated with the [[US 7th Fleet|Seventh Fleet]] in Far Eastern waters other than off the coast of Vietnam, except for one short two-day period, 8 October and 9 October.<ref name=DANFS />

She returned to San Diego on 2 February 1972, but following the [[North Vietnam]]ese [[Easter Offensive]], redeployed to the [[US 7th Fleet|Seventh Fleet]] in May. She operated in the [[South China Sea]] for most of the summer, returning to San Diego on 1 August. Upon arrival, she went into a two-month standdown period, followed by more than a month of restricted availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She departed Puget Sound on 28 November, conducted weapons system accuracy tests, and returned, on 11 December, to San Diego, where she remained for the remainder of the year.<ref name=DANFS />

''Scamp'' operated locally around San Diego until 29 March 1973. At that time, she departed the West Coast for deployment to the Far East. She stayed at Pearl Harbor between 5 and 10 April, then headed for Yokosuka, Japan. She arrived in Japan on 23 April and operated with the Seventh Fleet until 1 September, when she departed Guam for Pearl Harbor. ''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.<ref name=DANFS />

''Scamp'' participated in UNITAS XIX <ref>{{cite journal |first= JOHN |last= FRANCAVILLO |url= http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah197902.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150617031808/http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah197902.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 June 2015 |title= UNITAS XIX |journal= All Hands |publisher= US Navy |issue= February 1979 |page= 33}}</ref>

=== 1980s ===
''Scamp'' was home ported in Groton [[Naval Submarine Base New London|Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut]] during the early 80s. She deployed for five months to the Mediterranean Sea from October 1982, to March 1983. During this time, ''Scamp'' was sent to the Libyan coast, where she monitored the shoreline, and the military activity thereon, while protecting the aircraft carrier (possibly the JFK???) which had purposefully violated the ''Line of Death'' [[Muammar Gaddafi]] drew far into International Waters. This incursion earned many men inclusion into the [[Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars|VFW]], whether they know it or not.

By the end of 1983, she had earned her second [[Navy E Ribbon|BATTLE EFFICIENCY SERVICE AWARD]].

In July 1984,  ''Scamp'' participated in UNITAS XXV with South America.<ref>{{cite journal |first= Don |last= Koralewski |url= http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198503.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150617122452/http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198503.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 June 2015 |title= UNITAS: Our 25 years of Solidarity |journal= All Hands |publisher= US Navy |issue= March 1985 |page= 20}}</ref>

During [[February 1987 nor'easter|a storm in the North Atlantic]] on 24 February 1987, while attempting to rescue members of the crew of the sinking Philippine freighter, MV ''Balsa 24'', ''Scamp'' suffered flooding and damage to her sail which led to her early retirement. The sub saved the life of one crew member, 18 others perished.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.uss-scamp.com/1987%20rescue%20story.htm |title= Rescuers from the Deep |first= Evan McLeod |last= Wylie |access-date= 7 November 2015 |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131449/http://www.uss-scamp.com/1987%20rescue%20story.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19870226&id=bdsvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6914,3699277&hl=en |title= Storm Capsizes Filipino ship; 18 lost, 1 saved |newspaper= Lakeland Ledger |date= February 26, 1987 }}</ref>

== Decommissioning ==
''Scamp'' was decommissioned and stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 28 April 1988. ex-''Scamp'' entered the Nuclear Powered [[Ship and Submarine Recycling Program]] in [[Bremerton, Washington]], in 1990 and on 9 September 1994 became the first hulk to complete the program{{citation needed|date=November 2015|reason=a claimed "first" always needs to be cited.}} and ceased to exist.

== Honors and awards ==

*{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Meritorious Unit Commendation]] with two stars (3 awards)
*[[File:Battle Effectiveness Award ribbon, 2nd award.svg|106px]] [[Navy E Ribbon]]
*{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} [[Vietnam Service Medal]] with three [[campaign star]]s for [[Vietnam War]] service<ref name=DANFS />

''Scamp'' earned her first Navy E Ribbon in 1977 and her second in 1983. She received her Meritorious Unit Commendations in 1971 and 1972 and for service on 24 February 1987.<ref name=Awards>{{cite web |url= https://awards.navy.mil |title= Unit Awards website |publisher= US Navy |access-date= 7 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041014224730/https://awards.navy.mil/ |archive-date= 14 October 2004 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

== References ==
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/scamp-ii.html}}
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