The Thresher (SSN-593), the first of a class of U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarines, sinks approximately 220 miles east of Massachusetts while performing deep dive exercises and carrying a crew of 129 men, in the worst submarine accident in history. The Thresher had been originally launched on July 9, 1960. More
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