Capt. Joe Meier spoke for everyone in attendance in Kittery, Maine, on Saturday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of ...

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 ...

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard hosted a memorial service in Kittery on Saturday to remember the 62nd anniversary of the ...

Cmdr. John “Wes” Harvey, on April 23. Wes was the commanding officer of USS Thresher (SSN 593) when the submarine was lost at sea, on April 10, 1963, during sea trials. All persons aboard ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Sailors assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) joined NNS-HII shipbuilding partners in a moment of ...

An oceanic and coastal shark that is found in warm, tropical and temperate seas worldwide. Thresher sharks are pelagic, which means they roam the open ocean. They are easily recognizable by their ...

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 ...