Photo #: NH 97563
Wreck of USS Thresher (SSN-593)
"Sonar Dome -- An external portion of a sonar dome used exclusively
in Thresher class submarines was photographed by the bathyscaph
Trieste August 24 during the second series of dives in
the area where the nuclear powered submarine Thresher
sank April 10."
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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