Photo by David Stoehr | Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport | 04.10.2023
Flanked by Sailors assigned to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, Commanding Officer Capt. Chad F. Hennings addresses a crowd during a remembrance ceremony held at the command’s flagpole on April 10, 2023, to mark the 60th anniversary of the USS Thresher tragedy. While conducting deep-dive trials on April 10, 1963, the technologically advanced nuclear submarine experienced a......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mutis A Capizzi | Naval History and Heritage Command | 10.15.2019
191015-N-HP188-0003 WASHINGTON NAVY YARD (Oct. 15, 2019) (Pictured from left to right) Rear Adm. Andrew Lennon, vice director, Navy Staff, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; retired Rear Adm. Robert Fountain, former executive officer USS Scorpion (SSN 589); and Rear Admiral Thomas Ishee, director, Undersea Warfare Division Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, pose for a photo at the......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mutis A Capizzi | Naval History and Heritage Command | 10.15.2019
191015-N-HP188-0036 WASHINGTON NAVY YARD (Oct. 15, 2019) Lea Davis, associate registrar for acquisitions at Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), tells vistors at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy about an artifact from USS Scorpion (SSN 589) during a donation ceremony. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) the ceremony to unveil four artifacts from Scorpion, donated by retired......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mutis A Capizzi | Naval History and Heritage Command | 10.15.2019
191015-N-HP188-0051 WASHINGTON NAVY YARD (Oct. 15, 2019) Retired Rear Adm. Robert Fountain signs a document granting four artifacts from USS Scorpion (SSN 589) to Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) as witnessed by retired Rear Adm. Samuel Cox, director of NHHC. Fountain, former executive officer of the submarine, received the artifacts from the Scorpion crew in 1968 on his departure......
Photo by Elizabeth Fraser | Arlington National Cemetery | 09.26.2019
The USS Thresher National Commemorative Monument Dedication Ceremony is held at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 26, 2019. On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank east of Boston, Massachusetts, killing all 129 crew and shipyard personnel aboard. This incident, the deadliest submarine disaster ever, led to the implementation of a rigorous......
Photo by Elizabeth Fraser | Arlington National Cemetery | 09.26.2019
The USS Thresher National Commemorative Monument Dedication Ceremony is held at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 26, 2019. On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank east of Boston, Massachusetts, killing all 129 crew and shipyard personnel aboard. This incident, the deadliest submarine disaster ever, led to the implementation of a rigorous......
Photo by Elizabeth Fraser | Arlington National Cemetery | 09.26.2019
The USS Thresher National Commemorative Monument Dedication Ceremony is held at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 26, 2019. On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank east of Boston, Massachusetts, killing all 129 crew and shipyard personnel aboard. This incident, the deadliest submarine disaster ever, led to the implementation of a rigorous......
Photo by Elizabeth Fraser | Arlington National Cemetery | 09.26.2019
The USS Thresher National Commemorative Monument Dedication Ceremony is held at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 26, 2019. On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank east of Boston, Massachusetts, killing all 129 crew and shipyard personnel aboard. This incident, the deadliest submarine disaster ever, led to the implementation of a rigorous......
