USS Thresher SSN 593
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Topic: USS Thresher SSN 593
Posted By: Rontini
Subject: USS Thresher SSN 593
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 12:53pm
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Let us not forget this date 54 years ago. I was on Subbase when we got the word. The Base church bells rang all day. Where were you? ------------- Every increase in government authority is a decrease of the liberty of each citizen. |
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Posted By: crystal
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 1:28pm
I was on the USS Scamp SSN-588 in San Diego getting ready to head for Westpac five days later. We got underway with no answers as to her fate or location. We had previously been through the "destructive" testing range (slow motion cameras etc.) showing all the pipes bouncing around with the shock waves - there but for the grace of God we went.... Our A School classmate, Edgar Bobbit was not so lucky... ------------- SS-349, SSN-580, SSBN-640, CVA-59, SS-410, LPSS-315, CVA-61, Subase Pearl Harbor |
Posted By: Tom McNulty
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 1:55pm
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A couple weeks left in Boot Camp, Great Lakes. ------------- SSBN599B,SSBN600B,SSBN611G USNR Beaumont, TX, USSVI Life Member Mid Atlantic Base Holland Club |
Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 2:27pm
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Sitting in front of the RPCP at S1W. ------------- It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.~Abe Lincoln SS-393, SSBN-610(B), SSBN-624(G), SSN-591 USSVI Life Member; Holland Club; Plank Owner, Smoky Mtn. Base |
Posted By: steve
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 3:17pm
| In New London on the USS Bang. We had been in the same barracks as the Thresher crew in Portsmouth. |
Posted By: PaulR
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 3:36pm
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Short-strokes of ET "A" School with order to BESS. ------------- Paul http://ss-407.net" rel="nofollow">  ETN2(SS) 63-67 |
Posted By: Gil
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 4:09pm
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crystal wrote:Posted By: Gil
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 4:12pm
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Wasn't the Scamp a sister ship to the Scorpion? It came to Pearl right after the Scorpion tragedy, I believe on the way to Westpac in '68. |
Posted By: SHarrison
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 4:20pm
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Time flies http://militaryhonors.sid-hill.us/history/thresher.htm" rel="nofollow - http://militaryhonors.sid-hill.us/history/thresher.htm ------------- http://www.sid-hill.com/" rel="nofollow - North of Sevey Corners "Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences." ---Robert Louis Stevenson |
Posted By: Flapper
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2017 at 8:15pm
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Mid-way through ET'A' school on TI, SF Bay. BESS next, followed by qual on Scamp ------------- ET1ss Nuke; 1962 - 1973. SSN-588, CVA-63, SSBN-629 BLUE, SSN-669 PLANKOWNER, FICPAC |
Posted By: gcconnor1
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 6:43am
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Nuclear Power School in Windsor Locks CT with orders to Sub School. Was a sad time and a time for reflecting on my career choice. I stuck with the plan and did 7 patrols on USS Ethan Allen. ------------- GC Connor EMC(SS)/LT USN Ret USS Ethan Allen(7) Holland Club WA2STJ |
Posted By: Runner485
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 8:28am
I thought Scorpion's sister ship was the Shark...I only say that because the Shark usta pull into pier 22 along with Scorpion...( SubRon6 ) ------------- DBF Joe SS485,CVA42 Holland Club Mid-Atlantic Base |
Posted By: Dantini
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 9:15am
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The Sculpin was the sister ship to the Scamp, both stationed in San Diego. I was on the Sculpin in the Mare Island Shipyard getting our fuel oil and compensating water line that ran through the Reactor Compartment replaced. It seems that we discovered what Chloride Stress Corrosion does to stainless steel piping. I have made a number of posts over the years about what I believe happened to the Thresher and won't go through all that now. We were in Pearl, heading to Westpac when the piping problem was discovered and were sent directly to Mare Island for repairs. The Scamp "graciously" took our Westpac trip (Thanks John)
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Posted By: Rontini
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 9:21am
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The Skipjack, Scamp, Scorpion, Sculpin, Shark, and Snook were all Skipjack class/Variant Scamp except the Skipjack which was Variant Skipjack. As a side note the George Washington was made from original hull of the Scorpion. ------------- Every increase in government authority is a decrease of the liberty of each citizen. |
Posted By: olded
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 9:45am
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Aboard USS Barbel SS-580 at Pearl Harbor. A somber day then, as it is now. ------------- Old Ed |
Posted By: Dave595
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 9:46am
| I was at NPTU West Milton qualifying on the S3G plant. |
Posted By: Rontini
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 12:54pm
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I also remember we (Blue/599) received a sonarman (David Spence) who came off the 593 a month before she was lost. He was a mess for a while but recovered and went on the next patrol with us. He is still around in Pennsylvania. John Clear, Dan Martini, and I were all in the same EM 'A' Class in San Diego prior to Sub-School. I think Dan and John was in Duane Bobbit's Sub School class. I had pneumonia and was set back. Duane Bobbit from Midland, TX was a neat guy was in the EM 'A' Class with us and was lost on the 593. ------------- Every increase in government authority is a decrease of the liberty of each citizen. |
Posted By: PaulR
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 1:10pm
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Similar story with USS Sea Robin receiving a RM1(SS) transfer from Thresher in Jan of 1963. We had been in PNSY recently and Richard BARTSCH heard we were going to the MED. He was quite the liberty hound. When he died in the mid 80s his ashes were brought out to the THRESHER site for burial. ------------- Paul http://ss-407.net" rel="nofollow"> ETN2(SS) 63-67 |
Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 3:03pm
Skipjack-class submarines USS Skipjack (SSN-585) USS Scamp (SSN-588) USS Scorpion (SSN-589) USS Sculpin (SSN-590) USS Shark (SSN-591) USS Snook (SSN-592) The Shark was out of Norfolk (D & S piers) in 1968. ------------- It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.~Abe Lincoln SS-393, SSBN-610(B), SSBN-624(G), SSN-591 USSVI Life Member; Holland Club; Plank Owner, Smoky Mtn. Base |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2017 at 9:58am
| Getting ANDREW JACKSON ready for initial sea trials at Mare Island. We were a little nervous but we had super PCO's (Whittle and Wilson) and eng (Whitey Mack). |