Capt. Joe Meier spoke for everyone in attendance in Kittery, Maine, on Saturday at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of ...

Sailors assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) joined NNS-HII shipbuilding partners in a moment of ...

When USS Thresher was commissioned back in 1961, it became the lead boat of its class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. The infamous vessel was designed to detect and take out the advanced ...

Her husband, Paul Currier, 40, was a civilian machinist on the USS Thresher, the world’s most advanced nuclear submarine, which had left the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard the previous day for diving ...

The new Navy submarine, a nuclear-powered Virginia-class vessel, is the first submarine to be named for the state.

April 10 marks the 62nd anniversary of the tragic sinking of the submarine USS Thresher and the deaths of her 129 officers, crew and civilians during sea trials. An investigation concluded the ...

The 377-foot vessel can dive to depths of more than 800 feet below the surface and maneuver at speeds of over 25 knots.

who is also the USS Iowa’s official sponsor. “These powerful sights and experiences can often seem surreal,” Christie Vilsack said during the ceremony. “They move me, humble me, inspire me.” The ...

The Thresher incident remains one of the most tragic days in the Navy’s history as 129 sailors and crew perished. The cause of the Thresher incident remains controversial, but regardless it ...

The USS Iowa (SSN 797) — the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the U.S. state — was commissioned in a ceremony on ...

Other than this message and a low-frequency, high-energy noise detected, USS Thresher did not project any other information. The Navy deployed the Seawolf and the Balao-class submarine USS Sea Owl ...