While there have been several deadly submarine disasters, the 1963 loss of the USS Thresher along with its 129 crew is the ...

Nearly six decades after a Navy submarine plummeted to the bottom of the sea during a deep-dive test, families of those lost in the tragedy are finally getting a look at hundreds of documents about ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The disaster forced safety improvements in the design and quality control of all U.S. Navy submarines. (This article first appeared in January.) Last fall, the U.S. Navy ...

The first of a new tranche of declassified documents from the investigation from the USS Thresher (SSN-593) disaster could be released to the public as early as September, according to a Navy status ...

THE USS THRESHER SANK MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO DURING TESTS OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE. WMUR’S JENNIFER CROMPTON EXPLAINS THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS INVESTIGATION. JENNIFER C: APRIL 1963, THE USS ...

Before Lt. Commander John Wesley Harvey took the helm of the submarine USS Thresher in January 1963, he was the executive officer aboard the USS Sea Dragon during an historic Arctic cruise. Prior to ...

WEBVTT REMEMBER THOSE LOST. ADAM: IT IS THE DEADLIEST SUBMARINE DISASTER EVER. ON APRIL 10, 1963, THE USS THRESHER WAS LOST DURING DEEP-DIVING TESTS, SINKING IN 8,000 FEET OF WATER ABOUT 200 MILES OFF ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Navy to start releasing unclassified documents related to the sinking of USS Thresher (SSN-593), 57 years after 129 officers, sailors and ...