Nuclear submarines are some of the most impressive and technologically advanced warships of all time, and the United States Navy has a boatload of them. In fact, every submarine operated by the U.S.

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, ...

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. According ...