"A U.S. Navy classic"--Cover. Original edition published: Philadelphia, Chilton Books, [1964], under the title: The death of the Thresher.
Contents:
The Thresher -- A brief career -- In the yard -- The last cruise -- Inside the Thresher -- The inquiry -- A sequence of events -- Aftermath and afterthoughts -- Escape and rescue -- Another submarine is missing.
Summary:
"When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher was the most advanced submarine at sea, built specifically to hunt and kill Soviet submarines. On the morning of April 10, 1963, on a test dive off the New England coast, the Thresher sent a message to a support ship above her on the surface: experiencing minor problem ... have positive angle ... attempting to blow. Then came the sounds of air under pressure ... and the sounds of a submarine breaking up. Polmer recounts the dramatic circumstances surrounding her implosion, which killed all 129 men on board, in history's first loss of a nuclear submarine." -- (Source of summary not specified.)
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