To this day, some designers and maintenance personnel listen to an audio recording of a submarine disintegrating to underscore the importance of safety. We can never, ever let that happen again, said ...

The June 2023 tragedy of the Titan submersible, which is believed to have been lost in a catastrophic implosion that resulted in the deaths of the five men on board, was an event sadly not without ...

April 10, 1963 — During a routine test dive 220 miles off Cape Cod, the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) mysteriously sinks and implodes. All 129 crew and shipyard personnel ...

Submarines appeared on the global stage during World War I, when Germany unleashed a campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 to sever supply lines between Great Britain and its allies. In ...

The Thresher incident remains one of the most tragic days in the Navy’s history as 129 sailors and crew perished. The U.S. Navy arguably instills some of the more robust safety measures for its ...

A memorial service was held Saturday for the 129 sailors lost after the USS Thresher sank off the coast of Massachusetts 60 years ago on April 10, 1963, in the deadliest submarine disaster in the ...

There has never been a more urgent demand for U.S. Navy ships than right now. If you were to visit Newport News, you would see a community that is dedicated to building the world’s most complex ships ...