Thresher Base
United States Submarine Veterans
The Submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593)
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USS Thresher Just Prior To Launching, 8 July 1960
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Building Ways
USS Thresher. the lead ship of a class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine.
USS Thresher Launching, 9 July 1960
Christening by Mrs. Frederick B. Warder, wife of RADM Frederick B. Warder.
USS Thresher Launching, Bow View
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Building Ways, 9 July 1960.
USS Thresher was the world's most technologically advanced nuclear powered submarine of her day. She was designed to be our Nation’s silent guardian by hunting down and destroying Soviet Ballistic Missile Submarines.
USS Thresher Launching, Stern View
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Building Ways, 9 July 1960
Sliding into the Pisquatica River
USS Thresher Crew Training, July 1960
General Electric Corporation, Lynn, Massachusetts
SSTG training given by GE Engineer Jim MacGregor
USS Thresher Commissioning, 9 August 1961
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
USS Thresher was manned by an operational crew of 16 officers and 96 enlisted men. Duty aboard USS Thresher was a coveted assignment. The Submariners who met the stringent selection criteria where among the best the elite US Navy Submarine Force had to offer.
USS Thresher Commissioning, 9 August 1961
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
USS Thresher Underway April 1961
After commissioning, USS Thresher conducted lengthy trials in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas in 1961 and 1962, providing a thorough evaluation of her many new technological features and weapons. For more info see: Naval History & Heritage Command.