What You Need to Know: Commissioned in 1961, the USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the most advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine of its time, designed to dive deeper and operate more quietly than any ...

Key Points and Summary - The 1963 loss of the nuclear submarine USS Thresher with all 129 personnel aboard was a pivotal disaster that transformed U.S. Navy safety culture. -The submarine was lost ...

Oceanographer Robert Ballard undertook a secret mission funded by the U.S. Navy to locate two sunken nuclear submarines from the Cold War era, the USS Thresher and the USS Scorpion. The mission aimed ...

KITTERY, Maine — A memorial service honoring the 129 crewmembers who lost their lives onboard the USS Thresher 61 years ago will be held Saturday, April 13, at Traip Academy. The 1 p.m. service is ...

With Hollywood and media promoting the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking, I hope that someone paused for a moment to remember another, more significant maritime disaster: the April 10, 1963 ...