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Uss Thresher Eb Lost April 10, 1963 a 50Th Year News Remembrance ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER USS THRESHER EB LOST APRIL 10, 1963 A 50TH YEAR NEWS REMEMBRANCE LEST WE FORGET MARCH 2013 LEFT, THRESHER ON ITS CHRISTENING DAY, JULY 9, 1960. BELOW, USS THRESHER UNDER WAY. PHOTOS FROM THE LIFE AND LOSS OF USS THRESHER 2 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | MARCH 2013 THE TOP FOUR PHOTOS SHOW THRESHER ON ITS CHRISTENING DAY, JULY 9, 1960. BOTTOM TWO PHOTOS TAKEN AFTER WRECKAGE FROM THRESHER WAS FOUND SHOW THE SONAR DOME, RIGHT, AND THE UPPER RUDDER, LEFT. U.S. NAVY PHOTOS ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | MARCH 2013 | 3 THE LOSS OF USS THRESHER – What It Means to ELECTRIC BOAT Electric Boat Employees TO HOLD BY JAMES NOONAN n April 10, the nation’s submarine community will mark the 50th anni- COMMEMORATIVE versary of the loss of the submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593). At Electric Boat, we are commemorating this somber event with EVENTS APRIL 10 O a range of activities to remember the ship and its complement, and review the efforts we continue to make so such an event does not happen wo Electric Boat events will be held again. Wednesday, April 10 to mark the Thresher was engaged in sea trials on April 10, 1963, following an exten- T 50th anniversary of the loss of USS sive overhaul. During its initial dive to test depth, the submarine was lost Thresher (SSN-593). with all 129 U.S. Navy sailors, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and civilian com- There will be a flagpole ceremony on pany employees on board. the main yard hill beginning at 9 a.m. The central theme of this remembrance is “Lest We Forget.” These were with a Navy color guard and the Elec- the words spoken by Sen. John O. Pastore, R.I., chairman of the Joint Com- tric Boat singing group, the SubTones, mittee on Atomic Energy, at the December 1964 hearings on the loss of participating. Thresher. JIM NOONAN, director of qual- The senator further stated “The committee hopes that these hearings will ity, will be the speaker. Following his be carefully studied by all who are engaged in military technical develop- remarks, a bell will be rung 129 times, ment, for they contain many lessons learned for which we have already once for each life lost on Thresher. paid a high price.” Later that day, the Electric Boat With those words in mind, we remain committed to providing aware- Management Association will sponsor ness and information on the lessons we have learned from the tragic loss of a commemorative program open to all Thresher. company employees. We also want to increase awareness for each Electric Boat team member as to The event will be held at the Port ‘N “why we do what we do” at the company. This becomes more important as the Starboard at Ocean Beach Park in New memory of the loss of Thresher recedes in history and as our work force increas- London. Registration will be from 5:30 ingly comprises men and women who have no personal recollection of the event. to 6 p.m.; the dinner and program will Finally, we wish to honor each of the men who lost his life with the sinking run from 6:30 to 9 p.m. of Thresher and to recognize the friends and family members who carry on The program speaker will be the legacy of these amazing heroes. ALFRED H. FORD JR., whose 40-year We as Electric Boat team members are responsible for our Special Empha- career as a Navy civilian manager and sis Program (SUBSAFE, Diver Safety and Fly-By-Wire) compliance. We all leader included an assignment as the must adhere to the fundamentals of work discipline, material control, docu- senior civilian responsible for safety mentation and compliance with procedures on every task we do. and quality assurance for the Navy’s submarine fleet and deep submergence “Lest We Forget” systems. He is now director emeritus, Submarine Safety & Quality Assur- Noonan is director of Submarine Safety, Deep Submergence Systems, ance, serving as an advisor and mentor Fly-By-Wire Ship Control Systems, and Quality Assurance. for Naval Sea Systems Command. H 4 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | MARCH 2013 Thresher / Permit-Class THE SHIP’S PATCH Submarines he ship’s patch for USS Thresher T was adopted in 1960 and received in he Thresher / Permit-class submarines resulted October of that year. It was accompanied T from a study commissioned in 1956 by Chief of with this description: “The fish depicted Naval Operations Adm. Arleigh Burke. in the subject insignia is a Thresher Ships of this new class kept the proven S5W reactor plant from the immediately preceding EB shark, which is characterized by a tail that is approximately one-half of its total Skipjack Class, but were a radical change in many length. The Thresher shark reportedly other ways. The Thresher Class had the large bow- NEWS attacks its prey by flailing the long tail. mounted sonar and angled, amidships torpedo tubes The horizontal lines signify the deep div- pioneered by the Barracuda Class. The use of a new ing capability of Thresher. The circles alloy steel, HY-80, increased the boats’ test depth. represent its sonar capability. The motto, Another innovation was the redesigned engineer- CONTENTS ‘Vis Tacita,’ describes the overall char- ing spaces, with the turbines supported on “rafts” acteristics of the ship, ‘Silent Strength.’” that were suspended from the hull on sound-damp- ing isolation mounts. 6 / 7 USS Thresher – The Loss, The Inquiry And The Lessons Learned Thresher-class hulls were more effectively stream- lined and had smaller sails, so while they used the 8 / 9 The Names And Faces same reactor plant as the Skipjack Class, their larger Of The Men Lost size did not reduce their speed. The first submarine commissioned in this class 10/11 Brothers Perished In Thresher was the ill-fated USS Thresher (SSN-593), and so Submarine Disasters the class was known by that ship’s name. After 11 USS Scorpion Is Lost Five Years Thresher was lost, the class was named for its sec- After Thresher ond ship, USS Permit (SSN-594), in conformance with Navy custom. 12 Finding USS Thresher 13 The Loss Of Thresher, 50 Years Later USS THRESHER FACTS 14 SUBSAFE Must Be A Way of Life USS Thresher was named for a type of 15 Thresher’s Legacy Is In Our Hands shark that is harmless to man and easily Kittery Flagpole recognizable by its tail, which is longer than to Honor Lives the combined length of body and head. Thresher was laid down May 28, 1958, ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS is published Lost on Thresher by the Public Affairs Dept. at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and 75 Eastern Point Road s a tribute to the sailors and civilians launched July 9, 1960. The ship sponsor was Groton, CT 06340 A who died when USS Thresher (SSN- Mrs. Frederick B. Warder. The submarine 593) sank April 10, 1963, the Thresher was commissioned Aug. 3, 1961, with Memorial Project Group will install a Cmdr. Dean W. Axene in command. DAN BARRETT, Editor flagpole standing 129 feet – one foot for each life lost. Displacement: 3,700 tons surfaced Contributors: The flagpole will be located in Kittery, 4,300 tons submerged HARRY AINSCOUGH Maine, hometown to Portsmouth Naval Length: 278 feet 6 inches Shipyard where Thresher was built. SHEILA BLYDENBURGH Electric Boat employees contributed Beam: 31 feet 8 inches BETH RAFFERTY to the flagpole project through the sale Speed: More than 20 knots of commemorative coffee cups, an effort coordinated by the Quality orga- Complement: 100 officers and enlisted Phone (860) 433-8202 nization. These donations are expected personnel Fax (860) 433-8054 to reach $5,000. Armament: Four torpedo tubes Email [email protected] ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | MARCH 2013 | 5 USS THRESHER – THE LOSS, THE INQUIRY AND THE LESSONS LEARNED BY HARRY AINSCOUGH considerable disagreement over the exact Advocate General Court of Inquiry was communication. convened to establish what happened on n the morning of April 10, 1963, USS However, the Skylark’s log of those last the ship when it was lost, and if possible Thresher (SSN-593) began a series of four minutes contains the following: why it happened. Osea trial exercises, accompanied by P 9:13 a.m.: Thresher reported its status After extensive investigation of the the submarine escort ship Skylark. over the underwater telephone. Though design, construction and short operational The exercises were conducted at the the transmission is garbled, some words life, the court established a number of key end of a major ship overhaul performed at are recognizable: “[We are] experiencing facts. Based on these facts, the court rec- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard during a Post minor difficulty, have positive up-angle, ommended a number of corrective actions Shakedown Availability (PSA), much like attempting to blow.” to improve the design, construction and those completed at Electric Boat. maintenance of all newer, deeper diving P 9:15 a.m.: Skylark picks up a second After a series of shallow dives to ships, and to eliminate or mitigate risks “garbled” transmission from Thresher, validate the ship’s readiness for deep- associated with identified weaknesses. transcribed in the Skylark ‘s log as “900 dive testing, Thresher began a slow Overall, the court concluded that design N.” The meaning of this message is and methodical descent to the ship’s and construction activities were not keep- unclear; it may have indicated the sub- maximum test depth. At periodic depth ing pace with the complexity of newer marine’s depth and course, or it may have intervals, Thresher reported its status to ship design and materials, and newer referred to a Navy “event number” (1000 Skylark through an underwater sound indicating loss of submarine), with the operational capabilities.
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