The Thresher incident remains one of the most tragic days in the Navy’s history as 129 sailors and crew perished.

The USS Thresher: Unraveling the Mystery Behind America's Worst Submarine Disaster More than six decades ago, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine sank to the bottom of the ocean. The tragedy ...

The Thresher disaster was a “come to Jesus moment” for the Navy, Galeaz said in 2013 and again last week. It led to creation of the Navy’s Submarine Safety Program — SUBSAFE — beginning ...

There has never been a more urgent demand for U.S. Navy ships than right now. If you were to visit Newport News, you would see a community that is dedicated to building the world’s most complex ...

The tragedy that would become the infamous USS Thresher incident began on April 30, 1961, when the submarine went underway to initiate sea trials from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.