Skipjack

The term Skipjack can refer to:

Zoology

• Skipjack tuna, a fish of the family Scombridae
• A common name for Elateridae (click beetles)
• Skipjack Shad, the fish species, Alosa chrysochloris

Maritime

• HMS Skipjack, Royal Navy, Halcyon class minesweeper, sunk by bombs in 1940
• Skipjack (boat), a type of fishing boat used on the Chesapeake Bay, USA
• USS Skipjack, the name of three United States Navy submarines
• Skipjack class submarine

In computing

• Skipjack (cipher), a block cipher, designed by the US National Security Agency
• Skipjack, the code name for Linspire 6.0, a Linux distribution
• Skipjack, the code name for the VAX 8550 computer system, introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1986

In literature

• Skipjack, a book by Christopher White about the sail-powered oyster-dredging fleet in the Chesapeake Bay.

Other

• Baltimore Skipjacks, former professional ice hockey team