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Originally Posted by USS_Trigger
the reactor didnt blow on the thresher....
Deep sea photography, recovered artifacts, and an evaluation of her design and operational history permitted a Court of Inquiry to conclude Thresher had probably suffered the failure of a weld in a salt water piping system, which relied heavily on silver brazing instead of welding; earlier tests using ultrasound equipment found potential problems with about 14% of the tested brazed joints, most of which were determined not to pose a risk significant enough to require a repair.
my father was lost on thresher and i my self am in command of the uss jacksonville ssn-699 no us submarine has been lost due to any reactor problems. |
During Cold War soviet navy research data about sinking Tresher for find why sub sunk and find, that after hit on bottom reactor Thresher explosion and find Bow and stern parts only. All middle section submarine was destroyed and abscent total.