USS Thresher (SSN-593)
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USS Thresher was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. She was the U.S. Navy's second submarine to be named after the thresher shark.
USS Thresher (SSN-593) under way, 30 April 1961
Launch of USS Thresher
Thresher at sea on 24 July 1961
Search operations underway near the accident site, 15 April 1963
Kursk submarine disaster
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The Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea, with the death of all 118 personnel on board. The submarine, which was of the Project 949A-class, wa
USS Thresher (SSN-593)
…100 people aboard, the others being the French Surcouf, sinking with 130 personnel in 1942, USS Argonaut, lost with 102 aboard in 1943, and Russian Kursk, which sank with 118 aboard in 2000. Created to find and destroy Soviet submarines, Thresher was the fastest and quietest submarine of its day, matching…
Wreck of Kursk in a floating dock at Roslyakovo, 2002.
The British deep submersible rescue vehicle LR5
President Putin in a contentious meeting with relatives of the dead sailors in Vidyayevo, during which the families complained about the Russian Navy's response to the disaster
Giant 4 in background