[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 63 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING OF USS ``THRESHER''

  (Mr. WILLIAMS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS of New York. Mr. Speaker, this month marks the 60th 
anniversary of the loss of the nuclear submarine the USS Thresher, SSN 
593.
  On that fateful day, on April 10, 1963, 129 sailors and shipyard 
workers went out on an engineering trial. They encountered engineering 
problems that they were unable to recover from and, tragically, all 
hands were lost.
  The submarine service that I served in became much safer as a result 
of this tragedy, and I am honored, as the first nuclear submarine 
veteran to serve in Congress in 50 years, to remember those that were 
lost today.
  Even more importantly, we remember the widows that were created that 
day and the children that grew up fatherless. We stop and we remember 
them and say thank you for the life that you have lived without those 
loved ones.

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