55 years ago today

[PAT Ventures]

Lost 129 brothers, USS Thresher SSN 593, please raise a glass.

 

[VortecJeep]

I had never heard of this catastrophe until I saw your post, so I had to look it up. Thanks for posting. We should not forget those that paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving our great country.

 

[awheelterd]

Lost 129 brothers, USS Thresher SSN 593, please raise a glass.

My wife's grandfather was the commander of the skylark. My mother in law said that period afterwards nearly killed him. We have a piece of the skylarks flag framed in our living room.

 

[RatLabGuy]

wow I also had no idea. Thank you for teaching me something, and thank you to those whose lives were lost.

 

[trailhugger]

Wow.

 

[PAT Ventures]

My wife's grandfather was the commander of the skylark. My mother in law said that period afterwards nearly killed him. We have a piece of the skylarks flag framed in our living room.

Can't imagine being there and listening to this happen and being totally helpless. Their lives brought about major changes in new construction and repair of the boats. Systems were put in place to keep this from happening again. I've spent some time at test depth. Some of the most serious times of my life. It's an all crew event. You ease your way down, pause for a moment, then ease your way back up. I thank the Thresher crew for making my life safer.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Thanks for sharing about this. I spent a good portion of the past 24hrs reading about the Thresher and related submarine incidents.

 

[JSJJ388]

Thanks for sharing about this. I spent a good portion of the past 24hrs reading about the Thresher and related submarine incidents.

same here.

 

[awheelterd]

Thanks for sharing about this. I spent a good portion of the past 24hrs reading about the Thresher and related submarine incidents.

It's aweful but fascinating. I read everything I find about it. I read up on it for several nights after my wife told me where that bit of flag came from when we were dating.

 

[JSJJ388]

It's aweful but fascinating. I read everything I find about it. I read up on it for several nights after my wife told me where that bit of flag came from when we were dating.

Im now in the process of reading about every sunken US sub.........

 

[PAT Ventures]

USS Baton Rouge Collision

I was A-gang on the Big Red Stick in the late 70's. The crew in 92 took the cat & mouse game to a different level.