Meanwhile, Piranha managed to sink a 6,504-ton passenger/cargo ship. On April 9, 1963, the Thresher was 220 miles east of Cape Cod, conducting diving tests. The records are available for public viewing in the THRESHER RELEASE folder at: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/SitePages/Home.aspx. The sub sank in April of 1963, killing the entire crew. "It really does feel like it's been [more than enough] time to know what really occurred.".

According to Bryant's April 2020 Proceedings article titled "USS Thresher (SSN-593) Disaster: Ten Questions Our FOIA Lawsuit Hopes to Answer," Rule's observations reject the Navy's assessment that there was major flooding on the sub before implosion.

As escorts searched the waters nearby, Thresher closed and torpedoed the second transport, which had stopped to transfer survivors. But he also said the submarine was overly complex in many areas and he noted a vulnerability of the auxiliary salt water system. Off Balikpapan, Borneo, she sighted a three-ship convoy, escorted by a sole destroyer (Hokaze) on the night of 30 June 1943. The Thresher -class subs used a streamlined hull designed for fast underwater travel. 17.,… An additional garbled transmission was received about 0917R, reported as containing the words “… nine hundred North”. Turning north and firing deck guns, Thresher's adversary soon disappeared over the horizon. "If you work long and hard enough, you can get to the truth," she said. Then the sailors listened as the sub disintegrated under the crushing pressure of the sea. On 28 and 29 January, Thresher patrolled the Formosa-to-Palau route, in the Luzon Strait, before returning via Midway Island to Pearl Harbor where she arrived on 18 February.

The GAO ruled in favor of competing companies' bid protests, sending the complex contract back for reconsideration. The two torpedoes she fired at the enemy failed to explode,[14] and the Q-ship subjected Thresher to a salvo of eight depth charges before giving up the attack. The submarine mysteriously went down in 1963, killing everyone on board. Thresher was also the subject of the sixth episode of the second season of syndicated television anthology series The Silent Service.

/ CBS/AP. Have positive angle. Further Reading. She sighted only two enemy ships and was unable to attack either, before she returned to Pearl Harbor on 8 May. BIEDERMAN, Robert Donald Lieutenant. STARSHIP USS Thresher Class: Intrepid-class cruiser Affiliation: Federation, Starfleet Launched: 2370s decade Status: active (2379) The USS Thresher was a Federation starship, an Intrepid-class cruiser in Starfleet service in the late 24th century.

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The documents provide details into the Navy's worst undersea accident, which claimed the lives of 129 men onboard. She soon departed the Philippines and sailed via Midway Island and Pearl Harbor to the west coast for a major overhaul at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California.

Too dark to see the target, Thresher resumed her passage to Midway. She launched two torpedoes; one was a dud, and the other exploded on the ocean bottom. Rounding the southern tip of Kyūshū, Thresher sighted several small craft before making contact with a minelayer and two subchasers on 10 September. The next day, Thresher departed her assigned patrol area and turned her attention to gathering weather data. The material aspect was specifically addressed by creating the Submarine Safety (SUBSAFE) Program, the basic foundation of which is still in place today. Embarked in Hornet were 16 United States Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, intended to attack Tokyo on 18 April. Houston said the Thresher remains a defining event for the submarine service. The latter part of this patrol was conducted in company with Piranha and Puffer (SS-268).

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The episode, entitled "The Thresher Story," recounts the events of firing her 3" gun on her Fifth war patrol and being subsequently refitted with "an old relic," a 5"/51 (which had entered service in 1911).

Another pip, an escort vessel, soon appeared on radar. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. While cruising on the surface on 10 January 1944, Thresher sighted a pair of masts, low on the horizon, and quickly dove to avoid possible detection. Navy Declassifies 300 Pages of Probe into 1963 USS Thresher Disaster, US Officials: Iran Sent Emails Intimidating American Voters, US and Russia Scramble Jets in Another Exchange of Aerial Intercepts, Russia Calls for Collective Security in the Gulf, Outsourced Military Moves Are on Hold Again Thanks to a $20 Billion Contract Cancellation, Marines Will Be Seeing More of These Red Patches on Utility Covers. One of the sub's two torpedoes hit the stern of a transport.

On her return to base, her skipper roundly criticized the torpedoes, especially the failure to sink the I-boat. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox. What is ballot harvesting — and should you hand your ballot to a stranger?

The second spread ran true, hitting 6,854-ton freighter Gyōkū Maru. September 26, 2020 / 11:38 AM Thresher’s 11th war patrol (this one under command of Duncan C. MacMillan, Class of 1926[18]) took her to the South China Sea south of Formosa. USS Thresher (SS-200), a Tambor-class submarine, was [citation needed] Resuming the approach at 00:20, Thresher doggedly tailed the Japanese ship for four hours before reaching a favorable attack position. Depth for this dive had been set at, SKYLARK then maintained her approximate position.

She fired torpedoes at two freighters north of Lombok Strait on 19 September but was unable to determine the results of her attacks. Three torpedoes struck the freighter[19] and literally blew her to pieces. After remaining overhead two hours, dropping between ten and fifteen more depth charges,[19] the enemy finally turned away, leaving Thresher unscathed. For media queries concerning the release of the records, contact the Navy Office of Information at (703) 697-5342. Thresher withdrew from expected countermeasures. Admiral Ralph W. Christie[17] denied it and relieved him. Joy MacMillan and her brother Tim Noonis lost their father, Walter "Jack" Noonis, to the Thresher accident.

Navy Declassifies 300 Pages of Probe into 1963 USS Thresher Disaster Starboard quarter view, taken while the USS Thresher was underway on April 30, 1961. Thresher did, however, conduct air-sea guard patrols; and conducted a shore bombardment of Basco Harbor, Batan Island, on 28 March. "I think I'm doing the Navy a favor," Bryant told Military.com this week. Battleground Tracker: Biden leads in Wisconsin, has edge in Arizona, A behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots are processed. Not some smoke screen from the Navy," he said Wednesday from St. Petersburg, Florida. ALLEN, Philip Harcourt Lieutenant Commander. The Navy began releasing recently unclassified documents concerning the loss of the submarine USS Thresher (SSN 593), fulfilling a February 2020 ruling by the United … USS Thresher (SSN-593) – Selected Documents in the Navy Department Library (including USS Thresher brochure, In Memoriam brochure, DoD News Releases, envelope with Thresher 10 th anniversary postmark) And it’s important I’d just highlight (April 10, 1963), at 9:17 in the morning, the USS Thresher was lost 300 miles off the coast of Cape Cod which certainly profoundly affected our service and affected safety within the Navy.”, Department of Navy Releases Records Related to Loss of USS Thresher. Departing Pearl Harbor on 30 December 1941, Thresher headed for the Marshall and Mariana Islands. As she went deep, one depth charge exploded nearby.

What happens if the president doesn't accept the election results? People who study technology need access to any information available about major accidents to understand the decisions leading up to them, so they don't repeat the same mistakes, Bryant said this week. The Thresher had just completed a months-long overhaul period when -- on April 10, 1963 -- the sub began dive tests off the coast of Massachusetts. Four days later, Thresher arrived off Catmou Point, Negros Island. Over the succeeding days, the boats observed several planes but contacted only a few fishing vessels and small patrol craft. On 6 July one torpedo struck home during an attack on a tanker off Enijun Pass. [22] Thresher did, however, receive the Navy Unit Commendation for the patrol. Despite the battle over the documents, though, Bryant credits the Navy with taking important steps in the aftermath of the Thresher tragedy to help prevent other undersea mishaps.

"I don't have a lot of faith in the government coming out and changing their conclusion.

She was operating out of the latter base on 15 August 1945 when the war in the Pacific ended. Thresher then closed, loosed three torpedoes, and scored one hit on the bow of the enemy vessel. Guardfish took the enemy's port flank, and Apogon maneuvered to the convoy's starboard quarter. Resting on the ocean floor at a depth of 8,500 feet, the Thresher looks as though it went through a "shredding machine" and is spread out over a mile, University of Rhode Island oceanographer Robert Ballard told The Associated Press in 2013. BABCOCK, Ronald Clare Lieutenant Junior Grade. The brazed joints in pipes were a special concern, and many electrical panels were not adequately protected from sea water in the event of a leak, the report said. She operated out of the Hawaiian Islands into the fall of 1941, as tensions rose in the Far East and the U.S. prepared for war in both oceans. After refit, Thresher loaded mines and departed Fremantle on 15 September 1942, bound for the Gulf of Siam. The court of inquiry determined that the Thresher sank due to a piping failure that resulted in a loss of power and the inability to blow ballast tanks quickly enough to avoid sinking. The rest of the very lengthy records are available for public viewing in the THRESHER RELEASE folder at: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/SitePages/Home.aspx, Share this article   Tweet   Navy, Marine Corps reach ‘Unprecedented Milestone’ 19 October 2020 From Amy Robinson, …, Copyright © 2020 Soldier of Fortune Magazine, Why did the USS Thresher sink, killing the 129 men on board? She set sail on 1 May 1941 for the Caribbean Sea, en route for Pearl Harbor, transiting the Panama Canal on 9 May, stopping in San Diego, through 21 May, and arriving at Pearl Harbor on 31 May. All torpedoes expended, Thresher headed for Midway. "Was it the main coolant pump?

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