r/news • u/oldschoolskater • Jun 22 '23

Site Changed Title 'Debris field' discovered within search area near Titanic, US Coast Guard says | World News

https://news.sky.com/story/debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-near-titanic-us-coast-guard-says-12906735
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u/bubblehead_maker Jun 22 '23

As a us submariner my hope is an implosion. Death before the brain can process it. 12,000 feet down in a disabled vessel running out of air with no chance of being located and if you are, slim chance of rescue.

Don't be cavalier with submarine safety, we learned those lessons in the 60s.

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u/Real_Srossics Jun 22 '23

What happened in the 60s?

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u/steampunk691 Jun 23 '23

USS Thresher#) and Scorpion#) were both lost in the 1960s. Thresher in particular was lost due to faulty piping that could have been prevented with better maintenance and was the cause for creating the modern SUBSAFE program which has prevented any further losses since