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 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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

A conservation effort in eastern Indonesia helped reduce thresher shark catches by 91% among participating fishers by providing alternative income opportunities, according to a recent study.