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Retired Submarine Commander Sues Navy to Release USS Thresher Investigation
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| August 11, 2019 7:40 PM
| Ben Werner
Posted on 08/12/2019 6:25:00 AM PDT by robowombat
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To: robowombat
I hope Capt. Bryant is successful in his quest.
I lost a 1st cousin, Electrician’s Mate, First Class Roy Denny, Jr., in that disaster.
To: momincombatboots
Nuclear powered attack boat, not a boomer.
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posted on
08/12/2019 6:59:32 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Rummyfan
I believe that you’re referencing the Scorpion and its abrupt course reversal to attempt to disarm the torpedo.
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posted on
08/12/2019 6:59:40 AM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: momincombatboots
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:00:07 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!))
To: teeman8r
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:01:19 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mabarker1
Thanks.. I just despise the ambiguous scare tactics of our media.
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:02:46 AM PDT
by
momincombatboots
(Do you know anyone who isnÂ’t a socialist after 65? Freedom exchanged cash, a medicare card control.)
To: Rummyfan
The best book ever written on cold war submarines.
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:03:24 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: MichaelRDanger
Yikes !!! Talk about close.
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:11:51 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!))
To: robowombat
In 1968 I was a Naval Officer stationed in the Charleston Navy Shipyards supervising the modifications to Drydock No. 2. The adjacent No. 1 drydock was under high security for the operation undertaken in it.
I eventually got to know the officer in charge of that operation and he confided to me that each of the surviving subs of the Thresher class was being recalled to have the hull weldings inspected by X-ray or some other technology and reworked if necessary.
Those boats were built in a New England shipyard (Grotten, CT??). At the time of construction the welders were paid on a piecemeal basis to speed up construction. In other words, paid by the inch of welding rather than by an hourly rate.
It seems that a few welders were placing a number of welding rods into the joints and just welding over the rods to get more inches per day. The deception and criminal action could not be detected by visual inspection.
The Thresher sank because of a crushed hull in a deep dive caused by defective welding!
What is remarkable is that this massive cover-up has been successful. Many, many people must know these facts. Maybe finally the truth will be revealed.
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:12:58 AM PDT
by
Buffalo Head
(Illegitimi non carborundum)
To: Rummyfan
How Sherry Sontag wheedled out all these stories is beyond me.
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:13:08 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: null and void
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:14:04 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: G Larry
Hmmm, you’re not even on the Red Dwarf ping list...
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:17:19 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
To: Buffalo Head
What is remarkable is that this massive cover-up has been successful. Many, many people must know these facts. Maybe finally the truth will be revealed.
Very similar to the industrial waste dumping at Camp Lejuene. Never has gotten a complete airing and it appears the camp base ops people were complicit in the whole business for decades. The big question is how many higher ups in the USMC knew but chose to ‘see nothing’.
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:17:31 AM PDT
by
robowombat
(Orthodox)
To: momincombatboots
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:18:44 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!))
To: MichaelRDanger
Wow... Bet he never complained about inspections again? We had an older friend who was assigned to the Thresher for awhile right after it was put into service.
To: Rummyfan
I read that book. Excellent.
To: Buffalo Head
Wasn’t there a union dispute going on in that time frame as well?
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:22:22 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
To: mylife
thanks but no... that wasn’t his....
the thresher is down now pass the word...
from 593 we haven’t heard.
i will look for it amongst his writings.
t
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:26:37 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: Buffalo Head
Good, fast, or cheap.
You get to pick two.
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:26:58 AM PDT
by
Keyhopper
(Indians had bad immigration laws)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I thought it was the new advanced screen door option the navy had developed! /s
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posted on
08/12/2019 7:31:41 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
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