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Updated August 2
Documents show no cover-up in sinking of submarine USS Thresher, skipper says
The loss of the Maine-built nuclear-powered submarine and all 129 people aboard during a test dive in 1963 was both a tragedy for the families and a blow to national pride during the Cold War.
By DAVID SHARPAssociated Press
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The 278-foot-long nuclear powered attack submarine USS Thresher, a first in its class boat, is launched bow-first at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery on July 9, 1960. The USS Thresher sank on April 10, 1963, killing all 129 crew on board, during an Atlantic Ocean test dive about 220 miles off the Massachusetts coast. Associated Press
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