Photo #: NH 97565
Wreck of USS Thresher (SSN-593)
"Insulation -- Rockwool thermal insulation photographed
August 24 during the bathyscaph Trieste's second series
of dives some 220 miles east of Cape Cod where USS Thresher
sank April 10. This type of insulation is used in all U.S. submarines."
The original view, from whose caption the quoted text is taken,
was released on 5 September 1963.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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