[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 153 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 153

Honoring the 129 sailors and civilians lost aboard the U.S.S. Thresher 
  on April 10, 1963, and urging the Secretary of the Army to erect a 
        memorial to this tragedy in Arlington National Cemetery.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2003

    Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire submitted the following concurrent 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and 
 in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the 129 sailors and civilians lost aboard the U.S.S. Thresher 
  on April 10, 1963, and urging the Secretary of the Army to erect a 
        memorial to this tragedy in Arlington National Cemetery.

Whereas the U.S.S. Thresher was first launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on 
        July 9, 1960;
Whereas, with a crew of 16 officers, 96 sailors, and 17 civilians, the U.S.S. 
        Thresher departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for her final voyage on 
        April 9, 1963;
Whereas the military and civilian mix of the U.S.S. Thresher crew reflects the 
        unity of the naval submarine service in the protection of the United 
        States;
Whereas at approximately 7:47 a.m. on April 10, 1963, while in communication 
        with the surface ship U.S.S. Skylark, and approximately 300 miles off 
        the coast of New England, the U.S.S. Thresher began her final descent;
Whereas, on April 10, 1963, the U.S.S. Thresher was declared lost with all 
        hands; and
Whereas the crew of the U.S.S. Thresher demonstrated the ``last full measure of 
        devotion'' in service to the United States, and this devotion 
        characterizes the sacrifices of all submariners, past and present: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) remembers with profound sorrow the loss on April 10, 
        1963, of the U.S.S. Thresher and her gallant crew of sailors 
        and civilians; and
            (2) urges the Secretary of the Army to erect a memorial in 
        Arlington National Cemetery, to be paid for with private funds, 
        honoring the crew of the U.S.S. Thresher and all United States 
        submariners who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
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