USS Scamp (SSN-588) Submarine Model. Dive again with this USS Scamp (SSN-588) Submarine Model. You’ll treasure the authenticity of this handcrafted model submarine. US Naval Aviator Owned Business. Scamp’s keel was laid down on 23 January 1959 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. She was launched on 8 October 1960, sponsored by Mrs. Hollingsworth, widow of Commander John C. Hollingsworth, the commanding officer of USS Scamp (SS-277) at the time of her loss in November 1944 during World War II. She was commissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 5 June 1961 with Commander W. Scamp was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 April 1988.