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	Two ]s of the ] have been named '''USS ''Thresher''''', for a type of ] that is harmless to man and easily recognizable because its tail is longer than the combined length of body and head.
			'''USS ''Thresher''''' has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:

			* {{USS\|Thresher\|SS-200}}, a submarine in commission from 1940 to 1945 and in 1946
	The first ], was a ] that served in ].
			* {{USS\|Thresher\|SSN-593}}, a submarine commissioned in 1961 and lost in 1963

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	The second ], was the ] of her ] of nuclear-powered attack ]s and was lost by accident on April 10th, 1963 during depth trials, taking the lives of 129 men.
			* {{USS\|Thrasher}}

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	It is believed that failure in a crucial weld caused water to leak into an engineering compartment, which caused electrical systems aboard to fail. Without electrical power, the nuclear reactor shut down as designed, leaving the sub without its main source of propulsive power. The sub was unable to surface by available emergency means.

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USS Thresher has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:

USS Thresher (SS-200), a submarine in commission from 1940 to 1945 and in 1946
USS Thresher (SSN-593), a submarine commissioned in 1961 and lost in 1963