Capt. Joe Meier spoke for everyone in attendance in Kittery, Maine, on Saturday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the sinking of the USS Thresher: “We cannot forget what happened.” ...

In fact, the loss of the USS Thresher submarine during the Cold War was the genesis for SUBSAFE. When this nuclear-powered submarine sank to the bottom of the ocean floor six decades ago ...

The USS Thresher tragedy is a solemn reminder of the profound responsibility that comes with being a shipbuilder in support of our nation, Newport News Shipbuilding president Kari Wilkinson writes ...

April 10 marks the 62nd anniversary of the tragic sinking of the submarine USS Thresher and the deaths of her 129 officers, crew and civilians during sea trials. An investigation concluded the ...

The Thresher incident remains one of the most tragic days in the Navy’s history as 129 sailors and crew perished. The cause of the Thresher incident remains controversial, but regardless it ...

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.

Her husband, Paul Currier, 40, was a civilian machinist on the USS Thresher, the world’s most advanced nuclear submarine, which had left the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard the previous day for diving ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Sailors assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) joined NNS-HII shipbuilding partners in a moment of silence to mark the 62nd anniversary of the loss of ...

MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. THIS WEEK MARKED 62 YEARS SINCE THE USS THRESHER WENT MISSING OFF THE COAST OF CAPE COD ON APRIL 10TH, 1963. THE NUCLEAR POWERED ATTACK ...

Almost immediately after the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, there were attempts to recover the wreckage and the bodies of those who had gone down with the ship ... it was a secret mission to find the ...