He was Commander, Submarine Development Group II, and headed the search operations at the site of the THRESHER disaster in 1963 and 1964. His decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Navy and Marine Corps Medal. Captain Andrews received a Ph.D. degree in Physics from Yale ...
In this July 9, 1960, file photo, the U.S. Navy nuclear powered attack submarine USS Thresher is launched bow-first at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. In 1963, the crew of a rescue ship listened helplessly after receiving an ominous message “exceeding test depth” before the...
Marmaduke, but never with Guy. All night he lay dressed for disaster in one of the two visitor’s rooms, wondering why his life had suddenly turned into a very interesting and high-toned horror film (one with a Regency setting, perhaps). His habitual mode of locomotion around the house b...
Naval Offices to commission a highly maneuverable deep submergence vehicle (DSV) that would be capable of mounting undersea rescue missions in the event of another devastating submarine disaster, such as the sinking of the famous Thresher. Momsen worked closely with Al Vine of the Woodshole ...
The USSThresherwas the first in a new fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarine. It was commissioned in 1961 and went through numerous sea trials to test its new technological systems. As if foreshadowing the disaster that was to strike later on, these trials were interrupted by the failure of...
Thresher and Scorpion, two nuclear submarines that had been lost in the Atlantic in the 1960s. The two parties eventually came to a compromise: if Ballard could successfully locate and map the two sunken subs, he could use whatever time he had left to look for Titanic. A Top-Secret ...
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The Kursk was the sixth nuclear submarine to have sunk since 1963. The others all came to rest on the ocean floor at depths of more than 4,500 feet, far below where most marine life lives. They include two former Soviet submarines—one that sank east of Bermuda in 1986 and another that...
The thresher shark is a large shark with a robust body. It can be almost five metres long, and just over half its length consists of its long tail fin. Its large eyes are well adapted to be able to see better in the dark. Exactly why these sharks, which normally thrive in deep wate...
The Thresher was lost during sea trials as she attempted to reach test depth. A burst pipe in the engine room shorted out some reactor control circuits, causing an emergency shutdown. After this, when they attempted to blow the ballast tanks, ice formed in the air lines from the high pres...