Transportation Disasters in 1963 - Aviation Accidents and Incidents in 1963, Maritime Incidentsaviation Accidents and Incidents in 1963, Maritime Incidents in 1963, Railway Accidents in 1963, USS Thresher in 1963, Railway Accidents in 1963, USS Thresher (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Aviation Accidents and Incidents in 1963, Maritime Incidents in 1963, Railway Accidents in 1963, Uss Thresher, Tsms Lakonia, Ss Marine Sulphur Queen, Alkimos, Uss Bear, Uss Seekonk, Pan Am Flight 214, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, Soviet Submarine K-33, Uss Grouse, Tupolev 124 Ditching in Neva River, Ss Manticos, 1963 Elephant Mountain B-52 Crash, Swissair Flight 306, New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293, Geurie Crossing Loop Collision, Mohawk Airlines Flight 121, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 861, 1963 Iberia Airlines Russ Hill Incident, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705, List of Shipwrecks in 1963, Yokohama Rail Crash. Excerpt: The second USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. Her loss at sea during deep-diving tests in 1963 is often considered a watershed event in the implementation of the rigorous submarine safety program SUBSAFE. The contract to build Thresher was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on 15 January 1958, and her keel was laid on 28 May 1958. She was launched on 9 July 1960, was sponsored by Mrs. Frederick B. Warder (wife of the famous Pacific War skipper), and was commissioned on 3 August 1961, Commander Dean L. Axene commanding. Thresher conducted lengthy sea trials in the western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea areas in 19611962. These tests provided a thorough evaluation of her many new and complex technological features and weapons. Following these trials, she took part in Nuclear Submarine Exercise (NUSUBEX) 361 off the northeastern coast of the United States from 1824 September 1961. On 18 October, Thresher headed south along the East Coast. While in port at San Juan, Puerto Rico on... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=185885