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Originally Posted by btimbit
That's why the USS Thresher incident is so terrifying to me. Just slowly sinking further into crush depth with another sub using passive sonar listening to a crew member bang on the inside of the hull, but not being able to do anything about it. Such a terrifying thought that the US Navy lied and classified it and said it was over quickly, the truth only came out a few years ago. Nightmare fuel
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More modern inquiries have debunked any of those noises as being man-made. Interestingly enough, for those that referenced the Ballard expeditions, it was also recently declassified that his mission to the Titanic was actually cover for a Navy mission to find and photograph the Thresher first.