Never-before-seen photos take you inside the doomed USS Thresher - the world's first nuclear-powered submarine to be lost at sea in a devastating accident that claimed 129 lives
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
"That World War II mindset during the nuclear age proved fatal for the Thresher crew" - Images taken in August 1961 showcase three different areas of the $45 million nuclear attack vessel
- One photo shows the compact cabin of commanding officer Lieutenant Commander John Wesley Harvey
- Another captures the crew mess, where the submariners would relax with chess boards inlaid into the tables
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-04-09 |