Wayne Lavoie marked his 28th birthday 59 years ago, on Sunday, April 10. He had a job he loved as a submariner in the U.S. Navy, he was married to his high school sweetheart Gerine, or Gerry, and they ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the U.S. Navy’s release of approximately 4,000 pages of ...

Capt. Joe Meier spoke for everyone in attendance in Kittery, Maine, on Saturday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the sinking of the USS Thresher: “We cannot forget what happened.” Meier, ...

A retired U.S. Navy submarine commander sued the Navy to release an official report on the sinking of the USS Thresher—and won. Thresher sank in April 1963, lost with all hands, but there has never ...

A memorial will be dedicated this fall in Arlington National Cemetery in memory of the USS Thresher, a submarine that was lost off the New England coast more than 55 years ago.The memorial was ...

The final 37 acoustic pings associated with the USS Thresher offer a chilling record of the submarine’s last moments, ...

Chris Georgetti’s new musical SILENT STRENGTH will make its premiere at Teatro Latea as part of the New York Theater Festival ...

Here’s What to Remember: At 9:13 a.m., fifteen minutes after reaching test depth, Thresher reported to Skylark, “Experiencing minor difficulties. Have positive up angle. Am attempting to blow [ballast ...

WEBVTT WMUR’S ANDY HERSHBERGER HAS THE STORY OF THE DISASTER AND ITS LEGACY. >> WHAT MAMA WAS ABOUT TO REVEAL TO US WAS THE UNTHINKABLE. ANDY: SHE REMEMBERS EVERY DETAIL ABOUT THE DAY. CAROL NORTON ...

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.j.g.

A bow view of the nuclear submarine Thresher (SSN-593), 24 July 1961. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo. A memorial to the 129 men who lost their lives aboard submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593 ...

The first of a new tranche of declassified documents from the investigation from the USS Thresher (SSN-593) disaster could be released to the public as early as September, according to a Navy status ...