1SG Private RallyPoint Member 584644 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-33403"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F10-apr-this-day-in-us-military-history%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=10+APR--This+Day+in+US+Military+History&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F10-apr-this-day-in-us-military-history&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A10 APR--This Day in US Military History%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/10-apr-this-day-in-us-military-history" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="a61a03bf4993188d83fe95aed79df710" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/033/403/for_gallery_v2/bilde.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/033/403/large_v3/bilde.jpg" alt="Bilde" /></a></div></div>1963 – The USS Thresher nuclear-powered submarine failed to surface 220 miles east of Boston, Mass., in a disaster that claimed 129 lives. <br /><br />The second USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. Her loss at sea in the North Atlantic during deep-diving tests approximately 220 miles east of Boston, Massachusetts was a watershed event for the U.S. Navy, leading to the implementation of a rigorous submarine safety program known as SUBSAFE. Judging by the 129 crew members and shipyard personnel who were killed in the incident, historic context and significance, the sinking of Thresher was then, and remains today, the world’s worst submarine disaster. As the first nuclear submarine lost at sea, its disappearance generated international shock and sympathy.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/april-10/">https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/april-10/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/011/859/qrc/blank.jpg?1443038340"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/april-10/">April 10</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">10 April 1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. 1790 - U.S. patent syste...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-04-10T20:08:53-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 584644

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-33403"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F10-apr-this-day-in-us-military-history%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=10+APR--This+Day+in+US+Military+History&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F10-apr-this-day-in-us-military-history&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A10 APR--This Day in US Military History%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/10-apr-this-day-in-us-military-history" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="585208a677fdb1b0e493ceb45f287994" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/033/403/for_gallery_v2/bilde.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/033/403/large_v3/bilde.jpg" alt="Bilde" /></a></div></div>1963 – The USS Thresher nuclear-powered submarine failed to surface 220 miles east of Boston, Mass., in a disaster that claimed 129 lives. <br /><br />The second USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. Her loss at sea in the North Atlantic during deep-diving tests approximately 220 miles east of Boston, Massachusetts was a watershed event for the U.S. Navy, leading to the implementation of a rigorous submarine safety program known as SUBSAFE. Judging by the 129 crew members and shipyard personnel who were killed in the incident, historic context and significance, the sinking of Thresher was then, and remains today, the world’s worst submarine disaster. As the first nuclear submarine lost at sea, its disappearance generated international shock and sympathy.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/april-10/">https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/april-10/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/011/859/qrc/blank.jpg?1443038340"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/april-10/">April 10</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">10 April 1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. 1790 - U.S. patent syste...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

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<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for the share

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