1) Accompanied Lost Submarine. The submarine rescue ship Skylark which was operating with the Thresher when she made her fatal dive about 220 miles east of Boston. 2) Navy bathyscaphe Trieste, deep-diving craft..to join search for submarine Thresher.

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Accompanied lost Submarine - The submarine rescue Skylark
Accompanied lost Submarine - The submarine rescue Skylark

Name/Title

1) Accompanied Lost Submarine. The submarine rescue ship Skylark which was operating with the Thresher when she made her fatal dive about 220 miles east of Boston. 2) Navy bathyscaphe Trieste, deep-diving craft..to join search for submarine Thresher.

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.0832

Scope and Content

1) b & w news photo of a ship. Caption reads "Associated Press Wirephoto Accompanied Lost Submarine. The submarine rescue ship Skylark which was operating with the Thresher when she made her fatal dive about 220 miles east of Boston. 2) b & w news photo of a vessel Caption reads, "( U.S. Navy) The Navy bathyscaphe Trieste, an experimental deep-diving craft, which was brought from the Pacific to the Atlantic to join the search for the nuclear submarine Thresher."

Collection

James L. Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2016.1

Source or Donor

Streeter, James L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Clipping, Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Clipping

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Disasters, Newspapers, Photographs, Search & rescue operations, Submarines

Search Terms

Disasters/Submarine, Submarines, U.S. Navy, Nuclear Submarines, United States Navy, USS SKYLARK (ASR-20), USS THRESHER (SSN593), USS TRIESTE Navy Submersible, U.S. Navy

Archive Details

Creator

U.S. Navy Photograph Associated Press (AP)

Date(s) of Creation

1963

Restrictions

Access: Discolouration/fading

General Notes

Note

Status: Good Status By: Maureen A. McClellan Status Date: 2019-07-01