USS Thresher (SSN-593) Traditional Cache
ClarksJeepn: Cleaning out problem placements.
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Hopefully the coords are spot on. Tux will let me know, I'm sure. :-)
Cache has cache stuff in it... help yourself. Since someone robbed all of the small ziplocs from our Boundary series in Placitas I threw several of them in as well. Apparently buying 100 for $1.00 at Wal-Mart is a hardship for "someone".
Remembering USS Thresher. 50th anniversary this year.
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, and was commissioned on 3 August 1961, Commander Dean L. Axene commanding. In 1963 the submarine sank off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with no survivors. USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy.
Accompanied by the submarine rescue ship Skylark, she sailed to an area some 190 nmi (220 mi; 350 km) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and on the morning of 10 April started deep-diving tests. As Thresher neared her test depth, Skylark received garbled communications over underwater telephone indicating "... minor difficulties, have positive up-angle, attempting to blow." When Skylark received no further communication, surface observers gradually realized Thresher had sunk. Publicly it took some days to announce that all 129 officers, crewmen, and military and civilian technicians aboard were presumed dead. After an extensive underwater search using the bathyscaphe Trieste, oceanographic ship Mizar and other ships, Thresher's remains were located on the sea floor, some 8,400 ft (2,600 m) below the surface, in six major sections. The majority of the debris had spread over an area of about 134,000 m2 (160,000 sq yd). The major sections were the sail, sonar dome, bow section, engineering spaces section, operations spaces section, and the stern planes.
Crew Members
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HARVEY, John W. LCDR GARNER, Pat M. LCDR DI NOLA, Michael J. LCDR LYMAN, John S., Jr. LCDR COLLIER, Merrill F. LT SMARZ, John (n), Jr. LT PARSONS, Guy C., Jr.LTJG HENRY, James J., Jr. LTJG BABCOCK, Ronald C. LTJG WILEY, John J. LTJG MALINSKI, Frank J. LTJG GRAFTON, John G. LTJG ARSENAULT, Tilmon J. ENCA(SS)-P2 BAIN, Ronald E. EN2(SS)-P2 BELL, John E. MM1-P2 BOBBITT, Edgar S. EM2(SS)-P2 BOSTER, Gerald C. EM3(SS)-P2 BRACEY, George (n) SD3(SS) BRANN, Richard P. EN2(SS)-P2 CARKOSKI, Richard J. EN2(SS) CAYEY, Steven G. TM2(SS) CHRISTIANSEN, Edward (n) SN(SS) CLAUSSEN, Larry W. EM2(SS)-P2 CLEMENTS, Thomas E. ETR3(SS) CUMMINGS, Francis M. SOS2(SS) CARMODY, Patrick W. SK2 DABRUZZI, Samuel J. ETN2(SS) DAY, Donald C. EN3(SS) DENNY, Roy O., Jr. EM1(SS)-P2 DiBELLA, Peter J. SN DUNDAS, Don R. ETN2(SS) DYER, Troy E. ET1(SS)-P1 DAVISON, Clyde E., III ETR3(SS)-P1 FORNI, Ellwood H. SOCA(SS)-P1 FOTI, Raymond P. ETI(SS) FREEMAN, Larry W. FTM2(SS) FUSCO, Gregory J. EM(SS)-P2 GALLANT, Andrew J., Jr. HMC(SS) GARCIA, Napoleon T. SDI(SS) GARNER, John E. YNSN(SS) GAYNOR, Robert W. EN2(SS) GOSNELL, Robert W. SA(SS) GRAHAM, William E. SOC(SS)-P1 GUNTER, Aaron J. QM1(SS) HALL, Richard C. ETR2(SS)-P2 HAYES, Norman T. EM1-P2 HEISER, Laird G. MM1-P2 HELSIUS, Marvin T. MM2 HEWITT, Leonard H. EMCA(SS) HOAGUE, Joseph H. TM2(SS) HODGE, James P. EM2 HUDSON, John F. EN2(SS) INGLIS, John P. FN JOHNSON, Brawner G. FTG1(SS)-P2 JOHNSON, Edward A. ENCA(SS) JOHNSON, Richard L. RMSA JOHNSON, Robert E. TMC(SS)-P1 JOHNSON, Thomas B. ET1(SS)-P2 JONES, Richard W. EM2(SS) KALUZA, Edmund J., Jr. SOS2(SS)-P1 KANTZ, Thomas C. ETR2(SS) KEARNEY, Robert D. MM3 KEILER, Ronald D. IC2(SS)-P2 KIESECKER, George J. MM2(SS)-P2 KLIER, Billy M. EN1(SS)-P2 KRONER, George R. CS3 LANOUETTE, Norman G. QM1(SS) LAVOIE, Wayne W. YN1(SS) MABRY, Templeton N., Jr. EN2(SS)-P2 MANN, Richard H., Jr. IC2(SS) MARULLO, Julius F., Jr. QM1(SS) MC CLELLAND, Douglas R. EM2(SS) MC CORD, Donald J. MM1(SS)-P2 MC DONOUGH, Karl P. TM3(SS) MIDDLETON, Sidney L. MM1(SS)-P2 MUISE, Ronald A. CS2 MUSSELWHITE, James A. ETN2(SS)-P2 NAULT, Donald E. CS1(SS) NOONIS, Walter J. RMC(SS) NORRIS, John D. ET1(SS)-P2 OETTING, Chesley C. EM2-P2 PENNINGTON, Roscoe C. EMCA(SS)-P2 PETERS, James G. EMCS-P2 PHILLIPPI, James F. SOS2(SS) PHILPUT, Dan A. EN2(SS)-P2 PODWELL, Richard (n) MM2-P2 REGAN, John S. MM1(SS)-P2 RITCHIE, James P. RM2 ROBISON, Pervis (n), Jr. SN ROUNTREE, Glenn A. QM2(SS) RUSHETSKI, Anthony A. ENT2 SCHIEWE, James M. EM1(SS)-P2 SHAFER, Benjamin N. EMCM(SS)-P2 SHAFER, John D. EMCS(SS)-P2 SHIMKO, Joseph T. MM1-P2 SHOTWELL, Burnett M. ETRSN SINNET, Alan D. FTG2(SS) SMITH, William H., Jr. BT1-P2 SOLOMON, Ronald H. EM1-P2 STEINEL, Robert E. SO1(SS)-P1 SNIDER, James L. MM1 VAN PELT, Rodger E. IC1(SS)-P2 WASEL, David A. RMSN WALSKI, Joseph A. RM1(SS)-P1 WIGGINS, Charles L. FTG1(SS)-P2 WISE, Donald E. MMCA(SS)-P2 WOLFE, Ronald E. QMSN(SS) ZWEIFEL, Jay H. EM2-P1
Officer Observers
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KRAG, Robert L. LCDR STAFF, DEPUTY COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET ALLEN, Philip H. LCDR PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD BILLINGS, John H. LCDR PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD BIEDERMAN, Robert D. LCDR PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD
Civilian Technicians
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PRESCOTT, Robert D. Civilian Employee, Design Division Portsmouth Naval Shipyard CHARRON, Robert E. Civilian Employee, Design Division Portsmouth Naval Shipyard GUERETTE, Paul A. Civilian Employee, Design Division Portsmouth Naval Shipyard FISHER, Richard K. Civilian Employee, Design Division Portsmouth Naval Shipyard WHITTEN, Laurence E. Civilian Employee, Combat Systems Division, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard BEAL, Daniel W., Jr. Civilian Employee, Combat Systems Division, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard DES JARDINS, Richard R. Civilian Employee, Combat Systems Division, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard CHRITCHLEY, Kenneth J. Civilian Employee, Production Department, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard CURRIER, Paul C. Civilian Employee, Production Department, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ABRAMS, Fred P. Civilian Employee, Production Department, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard PALMER, Franklin J. Civilian Employee, Production Department, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard DINEEN, George J. Civilian Employee, Production Department, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard MOREAU, Henry C. Civilian Employee, Production Department, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard CORCORAN, Kenneth R. Contractor's Representative, Sperry Corporation JAQUAY, Maurice F. Contractor's Representative, Raytheon Corporation KEUSTER, Donald W. Contractor's Representative, Sperry Corporation STADTMULLER, Donald T. The Naval Ordnance Laboratory
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