Navy releases documents on USS Thresher incident, deadliest submarine disaster in US history

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Navy releases documents on USS Thresher incident, deadliest submarine disaster in US history
Navy
Posted: Sep 24, 2020 / 08:14 AM EDT   / Updated: Sep 24, 2020 / 09:35 AM EDT   
 

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Navy began releasing documents from the investigation into the deadliest submarine disaster in U.S. history on Wednesday, but the Navy said the documents released under a court order don’t shed any new light on the cause of the sinking.

The first of the documents released were 300 pages from the official inquiry into the sinking of the USS Thresher on April 10, 1963.

The loss of the nuclear-powered submarine and all 129 men aboard during a test dive in the Atlantic Ocean delivered a blow to national pride during the Cold War and became the impetus for safety improvements.

https://www.wavy.com/news/military/navy/navy-releases-documents-on-uss-thresher-incident-deadliest-submarine-disaster-in-us-history/

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I remember the Thresher going to the bottom.  Occurred a couple years before I joined up.  My four years was home port Newport, RI.  Seemed like everyone in RI had their own idea of what had happened, but of course no one knew for sure.  Everyone was worried about the nuclear powered ships.  Interesting to see if they make some discoveries about Thresher.