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...nuclear sub went down April 10 during a test dive with 129 men aboard 220 miles off Boston...
...stock market reflected the resurgence. The Dow-Jones industrial index last week reached 721.09-up 185.33 from the low point after last May's historic dive. Corporate profits rose nearly 7% in the first quarter above a year ago and are expected to maintain near-record levels through the new quarter...
...been closing properly. So many valves were switched around during Thresher's overhaul that in one simulated dockside emergency, it took 20 minutes for the sub's crew to find the valve necessary to cut off the flow through a "broken" pipe. Yet in the actual diving conditions during which Thresher died, survival could come only with the crew closing off such a flow within seconds. »The air pressure system had been leaky. To surface in an emergency, a submarine must have high air pressure to blow water from its ballast tanks and give buoyancy...
...submarine which was the hit of the recent West Berlin In ternational Boat Show. Made of a glass-silk polyester, the U24 weighs only 485 Ibs., and its four six-volt batteries drive it at about five knots on the surface, slightly faster under water. The U24 can dive as deep as 98 ft., is equipped with an oxygen supply and an air-washing system that allows submersion for eight hours at a time. Dealer Erich Mylius of Hamburg reports more than 500 orders from the boat show alone, most of them from the U.S., and hopes to be turning...
Shortly after noon Tuesday, Thresher was 30 miles southeast of Portsmouth. With the rescue ship Skylark standing by, the submarine's klaxon blared, and she buried her nose in the Atlantic for her first series of test dives-all shallow. She performed perfectly, and at 9 p.m. Tuesday headed for deep water 220 miles off Cape Cod. Next morning, with Skylark bobbing above and maintaining constant contact with sonar and telephone, Thresher glided through a set of medium-depth dives. Her skipper, Lieut. Commander John Wesley Harvey, 35, decided that she was ready for the maximum test. None...