
USS Thresher: Latest Analysis
THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE THRESHER 10 APRIL 1963 BY CAPT ZACK T. PATE, USN, RET. RADM DAVID GOEBEL, USN, RET. and VADM GEORGE EMERY, USN, RET. Released: June 2018 The USS Thresher SSN-593 Underway 1961 (Lost 55 years ago - 10 April 1963) The USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the first in a new class of deep diving fast attack nuclear submarines. She was constructed in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. By early April 1963 Thresher had completed her “Po