not cost efficient to inspect the hull in 1987 for a ship scheduled to be decommissioned. She had just been to St. Croix and some of the return trip was conducted on the surface. From March thru June, Skipjack provided bridge training to students at the Submarine Officer Basic School in Groton, mostly running up and down the river. During one trip out of the sound the anchor got stuck. Divers were called out from Groton to cut the anchor chain and retrieve the anchor. Skipjack entered dry-dock for the third time in three years to have the anchor fixed, at a cost of about $75K. Skipjack left Groton in early July to transit to Norfolk. After arrival Skipjack provided support vessel services for another submarine's sea trials. Following this mission, Skipjack entered NNSDDCO in October for decommissioning. Decommissioning in 1990 Skipjack was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 April 1990, having served for 31 years in the US Navy. ex-Skipjack entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Bremerton, Washington, on 17 March 1996. Recycling was completed on 1 September 1998. Awards Navy Unit Commendation Navy E Ribbon (4 awards) Navy Expeditionary Medal National Defense Service Medal References Notes Sources External links history.navy.mil: USS Skipjack navsource.org: USS Skipjack hazegray.org: USS Skipjack USS Skipjack nuclear sub sea trials, a Universal Newsreel excerpt, from the Internet Archive Ships built in Groton, Connecticut Skipjack-class submarines Cold War submarines of the United States Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy 1958 ships