Photo #: NH 97556
Loss of USS Thresher (SSN-593), April 1963
"Debris on the ocean floor 8,400 feet below the surface
may be a clue to the final resting place of the nuclear submarine
USS Thresher. Taken last week by an underwater camera
system operated by the oceanographic research vessel Atlantis
II, these photographs show scattered bits of unidentified
debris. The round objects are sea urchins which may range in
size from four to twelve inches in diameter. The Navy states
that the photographs in themselves are not conclusive evidence
of the location of the missing submarine which sank on April
10, 1963, 220 miles east of Cape Cod. Ships of the searching
force are continuing a minute search of the area with underwater
cameras, sonar and other detection devices."
Quoted from the original caption released with this photograph
on 22 May 1963.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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