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To: TimF who wrote (5706)	10/17/2008 8:28:45 PM
From: ManyMoose	of 6227

Today at Costco I sat down to lunch next to a gentleman wearing a ball cap with the logo USS Thresher and SSN-593. I asked if he had served on the Thresher. "Yes indeed," he said. "I helped launch her." "Obviously you weren't aboard when she went down." "No, but I lost all my friends. She lies at 8000 feet." "I'm glad you're safe. Thank you for your service." For me, it was a short but moving experience. Last year in same location I met and talked to a bronze star recipient. It's so wonderful that those men are still around. 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, with Commander Dean L. Axene in command. en.wikipedia.org snipurl.com

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