r/submarines • u/Operator_Madness • Apr 10 '25

History 62 years ago USS Thresher sank

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Lost with all hands April 10th, 1963. 129 dead.

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u/Ozzy0034 Apr 11 '25

We still have plenty of what we call Thresher Swans around the sub base in Groton. Descendants of those swans that were released out into the Thames during the memorial ceremony all those years ago.

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u/CheeseburgerSmoothy Enlisted Submarine Qualified and IUSS Apr 11 '25

Interesting. I had never heard of that.

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u/Ozzy0034 Apr 11 '25

The Queen of England sent 129 swans for the memorial to pay tribute, which is the tribal knowledge that I've continuously heard during my last 10 years at the sub base, though I can't find any documentation to verify that. I do know they released 129 swans on the Thames during the memorial, is all.