What You Need to Know: On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher, a nuclear-powered submarine, tragically sank during deep-diving tests 220 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All 129 crew ...

Jan 29, 2019 Jan 29, 2019 Updated Jul 21, 2019 HOOKSETT — After more than a half-century, the 129 crew members who met a watery grave in the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher appear to have ...

“Thousands of U.S. Navy submariners, including myself, owe our lives to the men lost aboard USS Thresher,” he said in a speech at Arlington in November. The Thresher crew members were ...

The Thresher dolphins, the submarine warfare qualification device worn by the late Lt. Cmdr. John Harvey, commanding officer of USS Thresher (SSN 593) before its tragic loss, were passed on to Lt ...