Subdeacon Joe Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Eternal patrol. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-t/uss-thresher-ssn-593.html Quote USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead nuclear-submarine attack submarine of her class and was commissioned on August 3, 1961, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. Following commissioning, she completed trials in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas testing her new technological systems and weapons. On April 10, 1963, following overhaul, Thresher began deep-diving tests, along with USS Skylark (ASR-20), about 220 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. As the tests proceeded, Skylark received garbled communications from her which eventually stopped. It became apparent she had sunk taking the lives of the 129 officers, crewmen, and civilian technicians. Thresher's remains were located about 8,400 feet below the surface on the sea floor by the bathyscaphe Trieste, aided by USS Mizar (AK-272) and other ships. After a review of evidence, the Court of Inquiry determined she had probably sunk due to a piping failure, subsequent loss of power and the inability to blow ballast tanks rapidly enough to avoid sinking. A model and photographic display onThresher can be seen in the Undersea Exploration exhibit area in Bldg. 76 of our museum. http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-thresher-593.htm http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08593.htm And, at Arlington https://news.usni.org/2019/01/31/army-set-approve-uss-thresher-memorial-arlington-national-cemetery Quote A memorial to the 129 men who lost their lives aboard submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) in 1963 will be dedicated this fall at Arlington National Cemetery, after a six-year campaign to win the Army’s approval for the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Catlow4697 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Lost in 1963 and now 2019 Better late than never Really what took so long? Catlow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 One of the Chiefs on the Nimitz from "M" Division got transferred off the Thresher about a week or two before that happened. He wore one of the Thresher belt buckles at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 The review indicated that the designers specified electrical enclosures to only be resistant to water spray from above and the sides. A leak (spray) from a sea water pipe leak from below would short out the electrical systems in an enclosure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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