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Originally Posted by geetrue
I reported aboard my first submarine the USS Salmon SS-573, home port San Diego's old submarine base
called Ballast Point, on April 6th 1963 ...
I was too young to worry about the Thresher not coming back up, plus sub duty had been my dream since the old black & white
series Silent Service in the mid 50's ...
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Geetrue, since you were serving at that time, do you have any theory on what happened?
I know the
official navy version was that a pipe probably burst, knocking out power and that the sub drifted below crush depth, but that was all based on conjecture.