The Death of the USS Thresher: The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster

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	The Death of the USS Thresher: The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster Norman Polmar The Lyons Press, 2004 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

On the morning of April 10, 1963, the world's most advanced submarine was on a test dive off the New England coast when she sent a message to a support ship a thousand feet above her on the surface: experiencing minor problem . . . have positive angle . . . attempting to blow . . . Then came the sounds of air under pressure and a garbled message: . . . test depth . . . Last came the eerie sounds that experienced navy men knew from World War II: the sounds of a submarine breaking up and compartments collapsing.When she first went to sea in April of 1961, the U.S. nuclear submarine Thresher was the most advanced submarine at sea, built specifically to hunt and kill Soviet submarines. In The Death of the USS Thresher, renowned naval and intelligence consultant Norman Polmar recounts the dramatic circumstances surrounding her implosion, which killed all 129 men on board, in history's first loss of a nuclear submarine. This revised edition of Polmar's 1964 classic is based on interviews with the Thresher's first command officer, other submarine officers, and the designers of the submarine. Polmar provides recently declassified information about the submarine, and relates the loss to subsequent U.S. and Soviet nuclear submarine sinkings, as well as to the escape and rescue systems developed by the Navy in the aftermath of the disaster. The Death of the USS Thresher is a must-read for the legions of fans who enjoyed the late Peter Maas's New York Times best-seller The Terrible Hours.

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The USS Thresher

This was an excellent book. The delivery was as promised. What made the book more interesting was the Skipper of the Brill was on active duty on the USS Thresher before he skippered the Brill. My husband Roy served on the Brill during the war.

Death of USS Thresher

This is a very well done book and provides very good insights into the loss of this great boat and crew. Submarining has always been and always been dangerous business even if not at war. I learned a lot from this book even though I am an avid Nuclear Submarine Fan, especially the attack boats. Having had the privilege to ride Greenling for a week in 1975, I have a unique appreciation for Thresher since Greenling was a Thresher Class boat that actually got delayed after the accident.
Well done. Dennis Mosebey

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Fine detective work

The author carefully scoured the record, limited as it is, and presented a strong case for why the Thresher went down. It's not Grisham or Baldacci, but for those interested in naval history, it's worth the time.

Some of the story may have been left behind

As with all Submarine books, they seem to leave out the details that I want to read. But then again I like stereo instructions. While a good book on the Thresher, it seems a bit over simplistic for my tastes. And I am sure even more so to those that really know anything about Submarines, which I don't. But this is why I read sub book is to learn more. While the book in interesting I am not sure I learned anything that I hadn't already known. Here more detail would be better.

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Death of the Thresher - interesting but disappointing

I found the Polmar book on the USS Thresher disaster to be a quick and interesting read but the large number of typos revealed that proof reading was clearly not a priority for the author. these offbeat incursions removed much of the enjoyment from the book.

Now it is on to the Bentley treatment of the same incident.

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