[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 35 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 35

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 10, 2003

    Mr. Sununu (for himself, Mr. Gregg, Ms. Snowe, and Ms. Collins) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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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 the U.S.S. Thresher departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for her final 
        voyage on April 9, 1963, with a crew of 16 officers, 96 sailors, and 17 
        civilians;
Whereas the mix of that crew reflects the unity of military and civilian 
        personnel in the naval submarine service, and in the protection of the 
        Nation;
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 the U.S.S. Thresher was declared lost with all hands on April 10, 1963; 
        and
Whereas the crew of the U.S.S. Thresher demonstrated the ``last full measure of 
        devotion'' in service to this Nation, and this devotion characterizes 
        the sacrifices of all submariners, past and present: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) remembers with profound sorrow the loss of the U.S.S. 
        Thresher and her gallant crew of sailors and civilians on April 
        10, 1963; 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 to all United 
        States submariners who have lost their lives in the line of 
        duty.
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