Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Two submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Skate, named for a type of ray. The first USS Skate (SS-305) was a Balao-class submarine that saw action in World War II. The second USS Skate (SSN-578), the lead ship of her class of nuclear attack submarines, saw action during the Cold War. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.