USS Thresher (SSN-593)
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Oct 10, 2026
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En 1963 ocurrió una tragedia.
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El USS Thresher se hundió con 129 personas a bordo.
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Era un submarino nuevo, avanzado para su época, pero tenía un defecto fatal.
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Durante una inmersión de prueba, descendió más profundamente de lo que su casco podía soportar.
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In 1963, tragedy struck.
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The USS Thresher sank with 129 people aboard.
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It was a new submarine, advanced for its time, but it had a fatal flaw.
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During a test dive, it descended deeper than its hull could withstand.
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the invisible boundary between where you can operate safely and where the ocean will kill you.
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The investigation into the thresher revealed that welds in piping joints had been defective, small failures that no one had detected.
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After the Thresher, the Navy revolutionised submarine construction.
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Inspections became more rigorous.
Jason DeichlerGUEST
So those parts that we put on have to be safe.
Jason DeichlerGUEST
We, we, we've lived through the USS Thresher.
Jason DeichlerGUEST
We will never lose another submarine due to a safety, a quality assurance issue.
Fabian AlefeldHOST
Mm.
DaveGUEST
Correct.
DaveGUEST
So SubSafe started with the loss of the USS Thresher in 1963.
DaveGUEST
It had just come out of dry dock.
DaveGUEST
It was on its sea trials.