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This submarine was lost in seconds because one pipe failed

USS Thresher was conducting routine deep-dive trials when disaster began quietly in the engine room. A silver-brazed pipe joint failed, spraying high-pressure seawater into electrical systems. The ...
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Remembering and learning from the USS Thresher, 57 years later

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — It goes down in the history books as one of the Navy's darkest days: April 10th, 1963. The USS Thresher sunk that day. All 129 men aboard perished. The USS Thresher became the ...