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USS Thresher (SSN-593)

In company with Skylark (ASR-20), Thresher put to sea on 10 April 1963 for deep-diving exercises. In addition to her 16 officers and 96 enlisted men, the submarine carried 17 civilian technicians to observe her performance during the deep-di ving tests.

Fifteen minutes after reaching her assigned test depth, the submarine communicated with Skylark by underwater telephone, apprising the submarine rescue ship of difficulties. Garbled transmissions indicated that -far below the surface-things were go ing wrong. Suddenly, listeners in Skylark heard a noise "like air rushing into an air tank"-then, silence.

Efforts to reestablish eontaet with Thresher failed, and a search group was formed in an attempt to locate the submarine. Rescue ship Recovery (ASR-43) subsequently recovered bits of debris, including gloves and bits of internal insulation. Photographs taken by bathyseaph Trieste proved that the submarine had broken up, taking all hands on board to their deaths in 1,400 fathoms of water, some 220 miles east of Boston.

(CA) Fred P Abrams

Lcdr(OA) Philip H Allen

ENC Tilmon J Arsenault

Lt(jg) Ronald C Babcock

EN2 Ronald E Bain

(CA) Daniel W Beal Jr

MM1 John E Bell

Lt(OA) Robert D Biederman

Lcdr(OA) John H Billings

EM2 Edgar S Bobbitt

EM3 Gerald C Boster

SM3 George Bracey

EN2 Richard P Brann

EN2 Richard J Carkoski

SK2 Patrick W Carmody

TM2 Steven G Cayey

(CA) Robert E Charron

SN Edward Christiansen

EM2 Larry W Claussen

ET3 Thomas E Clements

Lt Merrill F Collier

(CA) K.R Corcoran

(CA) Kenneth J Critchley

ST2 Francis M Cummings

(CA) PaulC Currier

ET2 Samuel J Dabruzzi

ET3 Clyde E Davison III

EN3 Donald C Day

EM1 Roy O Denny Jr.

(CA) Richard R Des Jardins

SN Peter J DiBella

(CA) George J Dineen

LCDR Michael J DiNola

ET2 Don R Dundas

ET1 Troy E Dyer

(CA) Richard K Fisher

STC Ellwood H Forni

ET1 Raymond P Foti

FT2 Larry W Freeman

EM2 Gregory J Fusco

HMC Andrew J Gallant Jr.

SM1 Napolean T Garcia

YNSN John E Garner

LCDR(XO) Pat M Garner

EN2 Robert W Gaynor

SA Robert H Gosnell

Lt(jg) John G Grafton

STC William E Graham

(CA) Paul A Guerette

QM1 Aaron J Gunter

ET2 Richard C Hall

LCDR(CO) John W Harvey

EM1 Norman T Hayes

MM1 Laird G Heiser

MM2 Marvin T Helsius

Lt(jg) James J Henry Jr.

EMC Leonard H Hewitt

TM2 Joseph H Hoague

EM2 James P Hodge

EN2 John F Hudson

FN John P Inglis

(CA) Maurice F Jaquay

FT1 Brawner G Johnson

ENC Edward A Johnson

RMSA Richard L Johnson

TMC Robert E Johnson

ET1 Thomas B Johnson

EM2 Richard W Jones

ST2 Edmund J Kaluza

ET2 Thomas C Kantz

MM3 Robert D Kearney

IC2 Ronald D Keiler

MM2 George J Kiesecker

EN1 Billy M Klier

Lcdr(OA) Robert L Krag

CS3 George R Kroner

(CA) D Kuester

QM1 Norman G Lanouette

YN1 Wayne W Lavoie

LCDR John S Lyman Jr.

EN2 Templeton N Mabry Jr.

Lt(jg) Frank J Malinski

IC2 Richard H Mann Jr.

QM1 Julius F Marullo Jr.

EM3 Douglas R McClelland

MM1 Donald J McCord

TM3 Karl P McDonough

MM1 Sidney L Middleton

(CA) Henry Moreau

CS2 Ronald A Muise

ET2 James A Musselwhite

CS1 Donald E Nault

ET1 Walter J Noonis

ET1 John D Norris

EM2 Chesley C Oetting

(CA) Franklin J Palmer

Lt(jg) Guy C Parsons Jr.

EMC Roscoe C Pennington

EMCS James G Peters

ST2 James F Phillippi

EN2 Dan A Philput

MM2 Richard Poowell

(CA) Robert D Prescott

MM1 John S Regan

RM2 James P Ritchie

SN Pervis Robison

QM2 Glenn A Rountree

ET2 Anthony A Rushetski

EM1 James M Schiewe

EMCM Benjamin N Shafer

EMCS John D Shafer

MM1 Joseph T Shimko

ETSN Burnett M Shotwell

FT2 Alan D Sinnett

Lt John Smarz Jr.

BM1 William H Smith Jr.

MM1 James L Snider

EM1 Ronald H Solomon

(CA) D Stadtmuller

ST1 Robert E Steinel

IC1 Roger E VanPelt

RM1 Joseph A Walski

RMSN David A Wasel

(CA) Laurence Whitten

FT1 Charles L Wiggins

Lt John J Wiley

MMC Donald E Wise

QMSN Ronald E Wolfe

EM2 Jay H Zweifel