Submarines were among the most dangerous military occupations during World War II, with the U.S. Navy losing 52 submarines ...

What You Need to Know: In April 1963, the USS Thresher (SSN-593), a state-of-the-art nuclear-powered submarine, tragically sank during deep-sea trials off the coast of Massachusetts, killing all ...

The Thresher dolphins, the submarine warfare qualification device worn by the late Lt. Cmdr. John Harvey, commanding officer of USS Thresher (SSN 593) before its tragic loss, were passed on to Lt ...

Kirk Hewitt was 5 years old when he lost his father, Leonard H. Hewitt, who was among 129 crew members killed when the USS ...

The U.S. Navy began operation of a fast-submarine test bed (a boat without combat capability but easily reconfigured to try out various control schemes): the 203-foot USS Albacore, AGSS-569.

The deaths of 129 men that essentially catalyzed modern submarine safety will finally ... Kevin Galeaz, president of the USS Thresher ANC Memorial Foundation, announced the long-awaited ...

Jan 29, 2019 Jan 29, 2019 Updated Jul 21, 2019 HOOKSETT — After more than a half-century, the 129 crew members who met a watery grave in the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher appear to have ...

From the March, 8 Congressional Research Service report titled, New Zealand: U.S. Security Cooperation and the U.S. Rebalancing to Asia… ...

Like the Battleship Missouri Memorial, the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (formerly the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park) sits in Pearl Harbor. This historic vessel, which went on nine patrols ...

Although technology has improved, making such losses rare today, submarines remain inherently risky. -The tragic sinking of the USS Thresher in 1963 underscores this danger. The Thresher ...