Photo #: NH 97555
Loss of USS Thresher (SSN-593), April 1963
Navy ships circle in the vicinity of the site of Thresher's
sinking, 15 April 1963, five days after her loss.
Ships are (left to right): USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618);
USS Sunbird (ASR-15); USS Warrington (DD-843),
group flagship; and USS Redfin (SS-272).
Photographed by PHCS Parker.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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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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Photo #: NH 97569
Wreck of USS Thresher (SSN-593)
"Three of fifteen packages of neoprene 'O' rings recovered
by drag lines from the Lamont Laboratories oceanographic research
ship Conrad in the area of prime interest in the search
for the nuclear submarine Thresher. The recovery was made
on the 28th of May, and the package was forwarded to the Court
of Inquiry, Portsmouth, N.H., for examination. After examination
and tracing of stock numbers it was definitely determined that
one of the fifteen packages could have come only from the Tresher.
The 'O' rings are shown on the packaging material after opening."
The original view, from whose caption the quoted text is taken,
was released on 1 June 1963.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 97568
Wreck of USS Thresher (SSN-593)
"Parts of a battery recovered by the Navy's bathyscaph Trieste
during the first series of dives June 24th through 30th, 220
miles east of Cape Cod where the nuclear powered submarine Thresher
sank April 10. The centered object is an internal battery grid,
encircled by re-enforcing members."
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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Photo #: NH 97570
Wreck of USS Thresher (SSN-593)
"This brass pipe, with the inscription: 'JO 10 ... 3-O-5091-05;
DM 263-109-61; PL-1862791 PC.75; 1.050 Brass Pipe; 593 Boat',
was recovered by the bathyscaph Trieste during the second
series of dives in the search for USS Thresher. The nuclear
powered submarine which sank April 10 some 220 miles east of
Cape Cod had the hull number '593'."
The original view, from whose caption the quoted text is taken,
was released on 13 September 1963.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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