Judge Orders Navy to Release USS Thresher Disaster Documents - USNI News
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– A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Navy to start releasing unclassified documents related to the sinking of USS Thresher (SSN-593), 57 years after 129 officers, sailors and shipbuilders died in the nation’s worst nuclear submarine disaster.Retired Navy Capt. He also ordered the Navy to produce status reports on the release of the documents every 60 days.“Normally, I defer to the government, but I can’t say I have a lot of confidence in how this looks now,” McFadden said.Ben Werner is a staff writer for USNI News.
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