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Death of Thresher Crew Confirmed

On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank with 129 men on board, 250 miles off Cape Cod in the Wilkinson Deep. Adm. George Anderson explains the Navy's conclusion that a faulty valve had burst, flooding electrical circuits with seawater and causing the submarine's propulsion to fail.

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    On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank with 129 men on board, 250 miles off Cape Cod in the Wilkinson Deep. Adm. George Anderson explains the Navy's conclusion that a faulty valve had burst, flooding electrical circuits with seawater and causing the submarine's propulsion to fail.

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