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Originally Posted by RedTerex
Same thing happened for real to the USS Thresher on April 10th 1963 a new US Sub went out with full compliment of crew. It signalled that first dive was to commence and that was it!...was never seen or heard of again.
It is thought it went past test depth and just kept going, unable to stop, in water that was deep....very deep at over 8400 feet!
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Well, there is some evidence to suggest there may have been a loss of propulsion due to maintenance failures on the nuclear reactor, but yes.
Undamaged Nuclear subs, unlike fleet boats, generally can't surface simply by blowing ballast, even an emergency blow of ballast. Propulsive power is basically a requirement for maintaining and changing depth in a nuclear submarine.
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