50 Years Later: The Legacy of the USS Thresher, Lost in 1963 with All Hands

U.S. Naval Institute ^ | April 4, 2013 | U.S. Naval Institute

[Terry Mross]

The article said he “drew the boat on the ocean floor”. Substitute the word “ocean” with “bedroom” and what do you visualize? As in “He drew the boat on the bedroom floor”.

[stuartcr]

???at least that would have made some sense to someone reading it, and been confusing...but not sitting on the ocean floor, that’s nonsensical.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

The Navy instituted the SUBSAFE program to ensure that weilding on or near the pressure hull did not affect the integrity of the material.

[darrellmaurina]

5 posted on 4/4/2013 12:48:16 PM by US_MilitaryRules: “Has anyone found the sub with an underwater camera/rover yet?”

Yes.

In 1963, a deep-sea diving bathyscape, Trieste I and II, “recovered some remains of the ‘Thresher’ submarine which sank off Boston. The sub was first discovered and photographed by ‘Mizar,’ a naval research ship which towed an underwater camera platform.” Link: http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/6154/SPUMS_V7N3_9.pdf?sequence=1

Here are some photos of the search by Mizar:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-t/ssn593-k.htm