xiii, 194 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents
The Thresher -- A brief career -- In the yard -- The last cruise -- Inside the Thresher -- The early search -- Finding the Thresher -- The inquiry -- A sequence of events -- Aftermath and afterthoughts -- Escape and rescue -- Another submarine is missing -- Appendixes. Statement announcing the Thresher is "overdue and presumed missing" -- The first press briefing of the Thresher disaster -- "Death certificate" for the 129 Navymen and civilians aboard the Thresher on April 10, 1963 -- Report of the Thresher Court of Inquiry -- Statement announcing the finding of the Thresher's remains -- The 129 Navymen and civilians who died in the Thresher.