News

Capt. Joe Meier spoke for everyone in attendance in Kittery, Maine, on Saturday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of ...
The Thresher incident remains one of the most tragic days in the Navy’s history as 129 sailors and crew perished.
The USS Thresher tragedy is a solemn reminder of the profound responsibility that comes with being a shipbuilder in support ...
Her husband, Paul Currier, 40, was a civilian machinist on the USS Thresher, the world’s most advanced nuclear submarine, which had left the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard the previous day for diving ...
Retired Capt. James Bryant sued the Navy in 2019 ... On April 30, 1961, the USS Thresher went underway to begin her initial sea trials from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.
Cmdr. John “Wes” Harvey, on April 23. Wes was the commanding officer of USS Thresher (SSN 593) when the submarine was lost at sea, on April 10, 1963, during sea trials. All persons aboard ...
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard hosted a memorial service in Kittery on Saturday to remember the 62nd anniversary of the ...
The Thresher dolphins, the submarine warfare qualification device worn by the late Lt. Cmdr. John Harvey, commanding officer of USS Thresher (SSN 593) before its tragic loss, were passed on to Lt ...
April 10 marks the 62nd anniversary of the tragic sinking of the submarine USS Thresher and the deaths of her 129 officers, crew and civilians during sea trials. An investigation concluded the ...