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Navy Releases Seventh Round of USS Thresher Inquiry Documents

14 April 2021

The Navy released the seventh set of documents from a previously classified investigation into the April 10, 1963 loss of USS Thresher and its crew of 129 sailors off the coast of New England.

A freedom of information lawsuit from retired Navy Capt. James Bryant, a former Thresher-class submarine commander, compelled the Navy to release the documents on a rolling basis.

The following is the latest set of 12 volumes of proceedings of the court of inquiry ordered by the commander of the U.S....

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/14/navy-releases-fourth-round-of-uss-thresher-inquiry-documents-2

Panel: ‘Navy Has Done Itself a Major Favor’ in Releasing Thresher Investigation

15 March 2021

USS Thresher (SSN-593) in 1961. US Navy History and Heritage Command photo

The rolling release of a previously secret report and investigation of the 1963 loss of USS Thresher (SSN-593), the Navy’s worst submarine disaster, is providing new lessons for today’s sailors and shipbuilders, said the former submarine commander who brought suit to declassify the documents.

Now that the documents are declassified, submarine safety instructors, “can take it home, read it and take it into the classroom,”...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/15/panel-navy-has-done-itself-a-major-favor-in-releasing-thresher-investigation

Navy Releases Fourth Round of USS Thresher Inquiry Documents

23 December 2020

This week, the Navy released the fourth set of documents from a previously classified investigation into the April 10, 1963 loss of USS Thresher and its crew of 129 sailors off the coast of New England.

A freedom of information lawsuit from retired Navy Capt. James Bryant, a former Thresher-class submarine commander, compelled the Navy to release the documents on a rolling basis.

The following is the fourth set of 12 volumes of proceedings of the court of inquiry ordered by the commander of the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/12/23/navy-releases-fourth-round-of-uss-thresher-inquiry-documents

1963 USS Thresher Investigation: Rickover Testimony

25 November 2020

This week, the Navy released the third set of documents from a previously classified investigation into the April 10, 1963 loss of USS Thresher and its crew of 129 sailors off the coast of New England.

A freedom of information lawsuit from retired Navy Capt. James Bryant, a former Thresher-class submarine commander, compelled the Navy to release the documents on a rolling basis.

The following is the third set of 12 volumes of proceedings of the court of inquiry ordered by the commander of the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/11/25/1963-uss-thresher-investigation-rickover-testimony