Portsmouth Herald/Military.comQuote:
Senators Push for USS Thresher Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery
16 Nov 2018
Portsmouth Herald, N.H. | By Hadley Barndollar
KITTERY -- U.S. senators from three New England states recently wrote a letter urging Secretary of the Army Mark Esper to consider the USS Thresher Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Project, to establish a monument honoring the 129 men who perished aboard the submarine.
USS Thresher sank off the coast of New England April 10, 1963. The submarine was built and maintained at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Angus King, I-Maine, Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote the recent letter, asking for commemoration of the 16 officers, 96 sailors and 17 civilians who lost their lives when Thresher experienced sank during a post-maintenance sea trial dive.(...SNIPPED)