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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Of course, the U.S. wasn't immune to submarine accidents, either, in which sailors lost their lives. But I don't think that we have ever lost a nuclear submarine, (like the Soviets did with the Kursk). In part, this was due to the U.S.'s much more rigorous standards for construction, maintenance, repair, etc. of submarines in our nuclear fleet, I think.
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USS Thresher out of Portsmouth, NH, was the first nuclear submarine to be lost at sea, with more fatalities than the Kursk - the most fatalities of any submarine disaster ever.