USS Thresher (SSN-593) - Wikipedia
USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. She was the U.S. Navy's second submarine to be named after the thresher shark.
What Killed the Thresher? | Naval History Magazine - April 2023, …
The USS Thresher (SSN-593), which sank 60 years ago this April, was the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine to be lost at sea. Amid the public shock over the tragedy, the U.S. Navy grappled for an answer as to what went wrong. Even today, rival theories seek to …
VMH: USS Thresher (SSN 593) - usnamemorialhall.org
Twelve graduates of the Naval Academy in eight different classes were lost when USS Thresher (SSN 593) sank with all hands on April 10, 1963. The tragedy took the lives of 129 officers, crew, and shipyard workers.
What Did the Thresher Disaster Court of Inquiry Find?
After a FOIA lawsuit, the Navy released more than 1,000 pages of records on the USS Thresher (SSN-593) disaster. Here are some tentative conclusions.
USS Thresher - What We Learned From Loss > The Sextant > …
Sep 23, 2020 · The tragic loss of USS Thresher remains a pivotal moment in U.S. submarine operations, safety and culture. USS Thresher (SSN 593) got underway with 129 crew and shipyard personnel aboard for her post availability sea trials from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on April 9th, 1963, accompanied by the Submarine Rescue Ship Skylark (ASR-20).
Inside the Thresher Disaster | Naval History Magazine - April …
The U.S. Navy experienced its worst submarine disaster when the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) was lost on 10 April 1963 with 129 men on board. Although the specific cause was never established, the Navy theorized that a flooding casualty short-circuited electrical equipment that caused the nuclear reactor to shut down.
USS Thresher (SSN-593) 3 August 1961 - 10 April 1963
On 10 April 1963, the U.S. Navy suffered the loss of the nuclear submarine Thresher, the nation's third peacetime submarine loss since World War II, and by far the United States' greatest single submarine disaster in terms of loss of life. The public, both in the United States and abroad, reacted with compassion for the families of these men ...
NAVSEA Remembers Crew of USS Thresher
Apr 11, 2024 · Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) hosted a Apr. 10 ceremony honoring 129 crewmembers — 16 officers, 96 enlisted Sailors, and 17 civilian technicians — who lost their lives onboard USS...
Navy releases documents from 1963 USS Thresher sinking ... - Navy Times
Sep 24, 2020 · Navy releases documents from 1963 USS Thresher sinking, deadliest submarine disaster in US history. The first of the documents released were 300 pages from the official inquiry into the...
USS Thresher: A loss. A legacy. - Naval Sea Systems Command
On April 9, 1963, USS Thresher (SSN 593), the lead nuclear-powered attack submarine of her class, sailed from Kittery, Maine, to approximately 220 miles east of Massachusetts to conduct...