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Title: USS Thresher SSN-593- Lost 4/10/1963
Post by: RoadKingLarry on April 10, 2014, 04:14:16 PM

51 years ago the USS Thresher was lost with all hands.
My 1st boat was the same class.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thresher_(SSN-593) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thresher_(SSN-593))

Title: Re: USS Thresher SSN-593- Lost 4/10/1963
Post by: Sergeant Bob on April 10, 2014, 04:28:53 PM

A great loss to our nation. May they all rest peacefully.

Title: Re: USS Thresher SSN-593- Lost 4/10/1963
Post by: Tallpine on April 10, 2014, 05:38:44 PM

I think I remember hearing about it when it happened.  I would have been in third grade.

Title: Re: USS Thresher SSN-593- Lost 4/10/1963
Post by: RoadKingLarry on April 10, 2014, 08:26:53 PM

I wasn't yet a year old when it happened but the story and the lessons learned are a deeply embedded part of the submarine world.
A little more so from some of us that served in the same class of boat.

Title: Re: USS Thresher SSN-593- Lost 4/10/1963
Post by: Fly320s on April 10, 2014, 09:15:40 PM

Don't worry, Malaysian radar is tracking it.

Title: Re: USS Thresher SSN-593- Lost 4/10/1963
Post by: RoadKingLarry on April 10, 2014, 10:21:13 PM

The location of the Thresher was pretty well know from the begining.

When the Scorpion was lost it took a while to find her. The general location was ultimately triangulated from SONAR recordings from half way across the Atlantic.

Title: Re: USS Thresher SSN-593- Lost 4/10/1963
Post by: T.O.M. on April 11, 2014, 06:56:28 AM

My father was all ready to ship out with the Thresher.  Got leave approved when Mom got sick.  I tthink he always had a touh of survivor guilt...