Sub Disaster : Nation Mourns 129 Lost In Test
Sub Disaster : Nation Mourns 129 Lost In Test
"I conclude with great regret and sadness that the submarine Thresher is lost" with those words Admiral George Anderson, chief of naval operations mounted an epitaph for 129 men aboard the nuclear craft. After an overhaul the Thresher, fastest and deepest diving of all submarines, was on a test dive in 8,400 feet of water, 200 miles east of Boston, accompanied by the tender Skylark. Presumably the Thresher rests on the ocean's bottom. Her fate recalls a happier one, that of the Squalus in 1939. With a diving bell the Navy was able to rescue 33 men who were still alive. In the ship yard the submarine Thresher is dry docked. (SS 593 Thresher) CUS - The submarine being lowered into the water. MS - The submarine is in the water and takes a bounce backwards. MS - Thresher tied up to the dock. MLS - The naval crew standing on the dock in Naval dress uniform next to the Thresher. MS - You see the top of the Thresher in the ocean out at sea. Aerial shot - The Thresher almost covered by water she is diving and all you see is the wake that she leaves behind.