A close call in New London
July 21st, 2009 | Historical Submarines | Posted by Andrew Scutro
Navy
Scoop Deck was relieved to learn that the crew of the attack submarine Toledo found a crack in its topside hull that penetrated the pressure hull. Relieved that is, that they found the crack before getting underway. Sources tell us this is a very serious issue that could have had deadly results if gone undetected.
Any submariner will relate with dread the fate of the submarine Thresher. On April 10, 1963 while testing its deep-diving abilities off Boston, the sub was lost with 16 officers, 96 crew and 17 civilian technicians aboard. An accompanying submarine rescue ship, Skylark, was in communication but then “Garbled transmissions indicated that–far below the surface–things were going wrong. Suddenly, listeners in Skylark heard a noise ‘like air rushing into an air tank’–then, silence,” according to a Navy account.
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Joe M Says:
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:55 amThank God that they found it! Being an ex-submariner myself, I cannot imagine what could/would have happened at those depths. God bless them all.