About 200 nautical miles east of Cape Cod ... Wes was the commanding officer of USS Thresher (SSN 593) when the submarine was lost at sea, on April 10, 1963, during sea trials.

The Thresher incident remains one of the most tragic days in the Navy’s history as 129 sailors and crew perished. The cause of the Thresher incident remains controversial, but regardless it ...

There has never been a more urgent demand for U.S. Navy ships than right now. If you were to visit Newport News, you would see a community that is dedicated to building the world’s most complex ...

The Thresher dolphins, the submarine warfare qualification device worn by the late Lt. Cmdr. John Harvey, commanding officer of USS Thresher (SSN 593) before its tragic loss, were passed on to Lt ...

April 10 marks the 62nd anniversary of the tragic sinking of the submarine USS Thresher and the deaths of her 129 officers, crew and civilians during sea trials. An investigation concluded the ...

The tragedy that would become the infamous USS Thresher incident began on April 30, 1961, when the submarine went underway to initiate sea trials from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.