Skipjack

Skipjack may 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
• Common name for Pseudocaranx georgianus, also known as silver trevally or skippy.

Maritime

• Skipjack 15, an American sailing dinghy design
• 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, a class of United States Navy nuclear submarines

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

Other

• Baltimore Skipjacks, former professional ice hockey team
• Skipjack Wind Farm, Offshore Delaware