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

