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04-10-07, 03:32 PM
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Silent Hunter
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RIP USS Thresher
44 years ago today the USS Thresher went down.
Reading the story of that tragedy when I was a boy started a lifelong interest in submarines. some photos of the sub:  and of the wreckage:  
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04-10-07, 03:43 PM
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Lieutenant
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Sad. I will have to read up on it today.
I was 2 days old when it happened. Born Apr 8 1963. RIP
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04-10-07, 05:42 PM
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The Old Man
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I was negative 25 years old.
 Good pictures mate.
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04-10-07, 06:36 PM
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Navy Seal
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The Thresher got me interested in subs as well, It was given as an example of loss of life at sea in a book I read.
It's seems we don't learn from our mistakes all that well as it keeps happening, eg, Kursk. 
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04-11-07, 02:32 AM
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Cold War Boomer
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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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04-11-07, 02:41 AM
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Stowaway
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Sorry to add humor to a sad topic... but why does the right guy on the conning tower in the first picture look like Darth Vader...
Anways *Salutes* |
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04-11-07, 02:45 AM
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04-11-07, 08:47 AM
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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. |
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