The Horrifying USS Scorpion Mystery

On May 22nd, 1968, the nuclear powered submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) vanished 400 miles southwest of the Azores. What doomed the nuclear powered submarine and the 99 men on board remains a mystery to this day. Join our crew over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BigOldBoats Become a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUM0WOtnJVCmNUFkNGd-rGA/join Grab a Big Old Boats hat: https://www.bigoldboats.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigoldboats TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigoldboat Wreck footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSNlBqHTJcg Music: Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/hdulva Artlist: https://artlist.io/referral/8ff991fd-ffa7-4e57-9cd4-d36d2b77403e Sources: Silent Steel by Stephen Johnson: https://amzn.to/4lhYo1M https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/outline-history-of-nuclear-energy https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/scorpion-ssn-589-vi.html https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1998/july/why-they-called-scorpion-scrapiron https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/FRANCIS_A._SLATTERY,_CDR,_USN https://www.iusscaa.org/articles/brucerule/scorpion_loss_50years.pdf https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/february/uss-scorpion-buried-sea https://stjececmsdusgva001.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/public/documents/USS_SCORPAIN_27_MAY_68.pdf https://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/CaseFiles/Scorpion%20Submarine/1998%20Action%20Memo%20to%20SECNAV%20on%20Release%20REDACTED%20FULL.pdf https://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-scorpion-589.htm https://ia803101.us.archive.org/32/items/unitedstatesship00wash_0/unitedstatesship00wash_0.pdf Chapters: 00:00 USS Scorpion 1:57 Chapter 1: The Atomic Age 8:11 Chapter 2: The Second Scorpion 12:30 Chapter 3: Planned or Reduced Availability 20:30 Chapter 4: USS Scrap Iron 28:00 Chapter 5: Messages from the Dead 33:59 Chapter 6: Brandywine's Death Rattle 37:31 Chapter 7: Eternal Patrol 42:52 Chapter 8: 22 Minutes Disclaimer: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you. Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue providing free high-quality historical content.