Posted on Jun 4, 2018
Titanic was discovered during a top-secret mission, report says
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So they were actually looking at the USS Scorpion. LT Brad McInnis CDR Mike Kovack Maj Marty Hogan MCPO Roger Collins LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SCPO Larry Knight Sr. SCPO David Lockwood PO1 John Y. CWO3 Dennis M. Capt Tom Brown CMDCM Gene Treants MCPO Roger Collins CPO (Join to see) CDR Mike Kovack CPT Jack Durish Col Jim Harmon PO2 Robert Aitchison SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas LT Axel Newe
Titanic was discovered during a top-secret mission, report says
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LCDR (Join to see) Well I guess the secret mission is still secret as the story did not go into a lot of detail. One can only guess if they found the subs and the results of the search?
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A little History: "10 April 1963, USS THRESHER (SSN-593), less than two years old and the lead boat in a new class of nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarines, began deep-diving tests about 200 miles to the east of Cape Cod, MA. The submarine-rescue ship USS SKYLARK (ASR-20) stood by overhead. At 0903 SKYLARK received a garbled transmission over the underwater telephone: THRESHER reported “Experiencing minor difficulties. …Have positive up angle…attempting to blow.” But THRESHER and the 129 men she carried—including 17 civilians—never returned to the surface."
(from - http://ussnautilus.org/blog/the-loss-of-uss-thresher-ssn-593/)
"On May 27, 1968, USS Scorpion (SSN 598) failed to return as scheduled to its home port at the destroyer-submarine pier complex at the southern end of the waterfront." And yet the Navy seems to have (did, in fact, know she had sunk) previous to this, and launched a fallacious search for her that lasted 5 months before "finding" her. There are interesting facts about the sinking here:
(from - http://www.historynet.com/the-uss-scorpion-buried-at-sea.htm)
Given these two articles and what I LEARNED while stationed in Groton, I am not surprised that the Navy searched for (Again) these 2 subs to see the environmental impact and then found Titanic! What a great accidental find!
GREAT ARTICLE! Thanks LCDR (Join to see)
(from - http://ussnautilus.org/blog/the-loss-of-uss-thresher-ssn-593/)
"On May 27, 1968, USS Scorpion (SSN 598) failed to return as scheduled to its home port at the destroyer-submarine pier complex at the southern end of the waterfront." And yet the Navy seems to have (did, in fact, know she had sunk) previous to this, and launched a fallacious search for her that lasted 5 months before "finding" her. There are interesting facts about the sinking here:
(from - http://www.historynet.com/the-uss-scorpion-buried-at-sea.htm)
Given these two articles and what I LEARNED while stationed in Groton, I am not surprised that the Navy searched for (Again) these 2 subs to see the environmental impact and then found Titanic! What a great accidental find!
GREAT ARTICLE! Thanks LCDR (Join to see)
The Loss of USS THRESHER (SSN-593)
Fifty-one years ago today, on the morning of 10 April 1963, USS THRESHER (SSN-593), less than two years old and the lead boat in a new class of nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarines, began deep-d…
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