Keywords: Bow Scorpion.jpg Removed caption read Photo NH 97220-KN Bow section of sunken USS Scorpion 1986 Wreck of USS Scorpion SSN-589 Atlantic Ocean August 1986 Depth 10 000 feet 400 miles southwest of the Azores; view of the bow section of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Scorpion SSN-589 where it rests on the ocean floor Note the forward messenger bouy cavity and escape trunk access hatches Quoted from the caption released with this photo in 1995 The view was taken by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute This image looks down with the submarine's port side to the left See Photo NH 70305 for a view of this area taken before Scorpion's loss and Photo USN 1136658 for a view of this area of the wreck taken in October 1968 Official U S Navy Photograph from the collections of the Naval Historical Center http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-s/ssn589-n htm PD-USN Underwater shipwrecks USS Scorpion SSN-589 Submarine accidents Scorpion SSN-589 |