![Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum at North Little Rock: 50 Years Ago - USS Skate (SSN-578) Becomes First Submarine to Surface at the Geographic North Pole Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum at North Little Rock: 50 Years Ago - USS Skate (SSN-578) Becomes First Submarine to Surface at the Geographic North Pole](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k6pSGnUL6G4/Sbvy5-ez_VI/AAAAAAAAA4A/rKRLtQF_PB4/s320/skate.jpg)
Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum at North Little Rock: 50 Years Ago - USS Skate (SSN-578) Becomes First Submarine to Surface at the Geographic North Pole
U.S. Naval Institute - #OTD in 1959, USS Skate (SSN 578) became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. The previous year, Skate managed to circumnavigate the globe in only
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