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Death of the USS Thresher

The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster
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When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Thresher was the most advanced submarine at sea, built specifically to hunt and kill Soviet subs. In The Death of the USS Thresher, renowned naval and intelligence consultant Norman Polmar recounts the dramatic circumstances surrounding her mysterious implosion, which killed all 129 men on board, in history's first loss of a nuclear submarine.
CONTENTS Preface 1. The Thresher 2. A Brief Career 3. In the Yard 4. The Last Cruise 5. Inside the Thresher 6. The Early Search 7. Finding the Thresher 8. The Inquiry 9. A Sequence of Events 10. Aftermath Appendices A. An announcement that the Thresher is "overdue and presumed missing." B. The first press briefing of the Thresher disaster C. Death certificate for the 129 Navymen and Civilians aboard the Thresher on April 10, 1963 D. Report of the Thresher Court of Inquiry E. Statement announcing the finding of the Thresher's remains F. The 129 Navymen and Civilians who died in the Thresher
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