USS Thresher

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt ties to ‘worst submarine tragedy’ 50 years ago

    The nuclear submarine USS Thresher was lost with all 129 hands 50 years ago today – April 10, 1963 – more than 200 miles off the New England coast during deep-dive tests. It had just departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine after a routine overhaul. The Thresher was the… Read More

    Apr. 10, 2013