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