5-15- history

fortyrod	Posted 2018-05-15 11:40 AM (#89312)
Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 853	Subject: 5-15- history Pacific 05/15/69: The USS Guitarro (SSN-665) undergoing final fitting-out at the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, sinks in 35 feet of water next to the pier. No fissionable material is on board.The report of the U.S. Congress House Armed Services Subcommittee convened to investigate the accident charges culpable negligence on the part of shipyard workers responsible for the submarine: two civilian work crews pumped water into fore and aft sections of the boat; neither crew knowing what the other was doing.
fortyrod	Posted 2018-05-16 3:30 AM (#89324 - in reply to #89312)
Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 853	Subject: RE: 5-15- history http://ussnautilus.org/blog/the-sinking-of-uss-guitarro-ssn-665/
mike652	Posted 2018-05-16 4:53 AM (#89325 - in reply to #89312)
Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 715 Location: Conway, NH	Subject: RE: 5-15- history In '70 I was going through MK 113 FCS school. We had two civilians from Mare in the class. One was working in the torpedo room when it sank. He said he was able to gather up his tools and made it off the boat.