USS Thresher (SSN-593) - Wikipedia
WEBUSS 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.
REMEMBERING THE USS THRESHER (SSN 593) - NSL Archive
WEBCommissioned on August 30, 1961 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the USS THRESHER (SSN 593) was the lead ship of a new class of deep diving nuclear submarines that incorporated several new features. In addition to nuclear power, these included the optimum hydrodynamic hull form based on the USS ALBACORE tear …
What Killed the Thresher? | Naval History Magazine - April 2023, …
WEBThe 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 explain the mystery.
Thresher (SSN-593) - NHHC
WEBFeb 8, 2019 · A bow view of the nuclear submarine Thresher (SSN-593), 24 July 1961. (USN 1057645)
USS Thresher (SS-200) - Wikipedia
WEBUSS Thresher (SS-200) was the most decorated United States Navy submarine of World War II, with 15 battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation. Thresher was the third of twelve Tambor-class submarines that were commissioned. All twelve fought in the war, and she was one of five to survive it.
Wreck of USS Thresher (SSN-593) - The Public's Library and …
WEBWreck of USS Thresher (SSN-593) "An internal watertight submarine door photographed August 24 during the bathyscaph Trieste 's second series of dives some 220 miles east of Cape Cod where the nuclear powered submarine Thresher sank April 10, 1963."
Inside the Thresher Disaster | Naval History Magazine - April …
WEBThe 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.
Permit-class submarine - Wikipedia
WEBThe Permit-class submarine (known as the Thresher class until the lead boat USS Thresher was lost) was a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (hull classification symbol SSN) in service with the United …
Unraveling the Thresher's Story | Proceedings - October 2017 …
WEBOn 10 April 1963, the USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank with all hands during sea trials off the Massachusetts coast. At the time, I was the shipyard watch officer at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where the submarine was undergoing maintenance as part of a post-shakedown availability (PSA).
USS Thresher: A loss. A legacy. - Naval Sea Systems Command
WEBOn 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...
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