Little Hawk- I lived in Groton in the mid to late 60's when my dad worked for Electric Boat- He worked on small submersibles like DSRV. I went to college in Boston in 70. I think I took PFAL in '80 in California.
Before my dad retired from the Navy he was working in Washington at Bu Ships and used to go out on the new boats. He was almost on the Thersher when it sank and after I moved to Groton I went to school with the sons of the Threshers skipper. I am very glad the San Francisco survived and only lost 1 crewman.
We did learn a lot from the Thresher and from the Scorpion, it is a shame that it took losing so much to grasp the need for quality control, but it did.
Hawk and I both are alive today in part because of the lessons learned from those earlier losses.
Just as how so many died during early cancer treatments, so that today we know more and many can be healed.
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Tom Strange
Hawk! good to see ya 'round!
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Little Hawk- I lived in Groton in the mid to late 60's when my dad worked for Electric Boat- He worked on small submersibles like DSRV. I went to college in Boston in 70. I think I took PFAL in '80 in California.
Before my dad retired from the Navy he was working in Washington at Bu Ships and used to go out on the new boats. He was almost on the Thersher when it sank and after I moved to Groton I went to school with the sons of the Threshers skipper. I am very glad the San Francisco survived and only lost 1 crewman.
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Hey hawk-
good to see you again. :-)
Ckeer-
We did learn a lot from the Thresher and from the Scorpion, it is a shame that it took losing so much to grasp the need for quality control, but it did.
Hawk and I both are alive today in part because of the lessons learned from those earlier losses.
Just as how so many died during early cancer treatments, so that today we know more and many can be healed.
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