Death of the ThresherChilton Books, 1964 - 148 pages Submarine disaster of April 10, 1963. |
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Death of the USS Thresher: The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine ... Norman Polmar No preview available - 2017 |
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aboard the Thresher ADMIRAL ANDERSON Admiral Austin Admiral Rickover Atlantic Fleet attempting to blow ballast tanks bathyscaph Trieste began boat bottom camera Chief civilian Commander Axene Commander Harvey Commander Keach commanding officer communication Conrad court of inquiry craft cruise debris diving planes electrical Electronics Technician engine equipment failure feet flooding Fort Snelling headed heard hull inside the Thresher Korth later Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander Hecker mander marine marine's McCoole minutes morning of April Navy Navy's nuclear submarine nuclear-powered submarine ocean floor oceanographic operating overhaul personnel photographs Polaris Polaris missile port Portsmouth Naval Shipyard positive up angle pressure propulsion reactor Rear Admiral research ship sail sea trials search area ship breaking skipper sonar sound Soviet submarine's submerged SUBROC surface test depth testimony Thresher Class submarines Thresher reported Thresher search Thresher was lost Thresher's loss torpedo Trieste's underwater telephone USS THRESHER valve Vice Admiral