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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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Thresher (SS-200)

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Mike - Foxtrot

Tambor Class Submarine: Laid down, 27 April 1939, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 27 March 1940; Commissioned, USS Thresher (SS-200), 27 August 1940; Decommissioned, 13 December 1945, at Portsmouth, NH; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned, 6 February 1946; Decommissioned, 12 July 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 23 December 1947; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 March 1948, to Max Siegel of Everett, MA. Thresher received 15 battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,475 t., Submerged: 2,370 t.; Length 307' 2" ; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 13' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20 kts, Submerged 8 kts; Max. Depth Limit 250'; Complement 5 Officers 54 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .50 caliber machine guns, two .30 caliber machine guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric, four General Motors diesel engines, 5,400 hp, Fuel Capacity 93.993 gal., four General Electric motors, 2,740 hp, Battery Cells, 252, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
21k	Commemorative post mark honoring the launching of the Thresher (SS-200), 27 March 1940.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
106k	Thresher (SS-200) getting ready for launching at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT., 27 March 1940.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
74k	Thresher (SS-200) slides down the ways at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT., 27 March 1940.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce A. Broseker from his web page @ broseker.net.
64k	Thresher (SS-200), surfaced and underway, probably off the New England coast just after her launching, late March 1940. *Thresher* was typical of the big submarines prior to WW II, with her streamlined bridge fairwater & periscope shears & her 3 in/50 gun abaft the fairwater. The substantial masts fore & aft supported radio antenna cables.	Partial text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press. US Navy photo courtesy of Hyperwar US Navy in WWII.
20k	Thresher (SS-200) portside view, probably off the New England coast just after her launching, late March 1940.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce A. Broseker from his web page @ broseker.net.
25k	Commemorative post mark honoring the commissioning of the Thresher (SS-200), 21 August 1940.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
23k	Commemorative post mark honoring the commissioning of the Thresher (SS-200), 27 August 1940 with Lt. Comdr. William L. Anderson in command.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
46k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Navy Day, 27 October 1940, commemorating the participation of: Sailfish (SS-192), Seadragon (SS-194), Sealion (SS-195), Searaven (SS-196), Seawolf (SS-197), Tambor (SS-198), Tautog (SS-199), Thresher (SS-200), & Triton (SS-201). Note: YN1 Loyal Day was a plankowner of *Sealion* and aboard when she was bombed on Dec 10, 1941.	Courtesy of Ric Hedman.
23k	Commemorative post mark & photo honoring Thresher (SS-200), 8 January 1941.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
120k	Broadside view of the Thresher (SS-200) off Mare Island on 6 Oct 43. She was in overhaul at the shipyard from 8 Aug until 8 Oct 1943.	USN photo # 6970-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
117k	Stern view of the Thresher (SS-200) in the Mare Island channel on 6 Oct 43. *LST-31* is in the background to the left of *Thresher*.	USN photo # 6968-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 5 October 2005.
106k	Bow on view of the Thresher (SS-200) in the Mare Island channel on 6 Oct 43.	USN photo # 6972-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
73k	Signal flags flying from Thresher's (SS-200) conning tower showing her war record at this moment, anytime from Jan. 1944 on. Note the boat's paint job and cut-down, war-patrol configuration of the conning tower.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce A. Broseker from his web page @ broseker.net. Photo i.d. courtesy of Dan Taylor.
70k	Thresher's (SS-200) crew poses on deck with the ship's score card, circa 1945.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce A. Broseker from his web page @ broseker.net.
39k	Thresher (SS-200) at Eniwetok, view looking port side aft, August - September 1945.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bruce A. Broseker from his web page @ broseker.net.