USS Thresher 60th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony and Briefing
A memorial ceremony and briefing will be held on Monday, April 10, 2023, in honor of the men who died on the USS Thresher. This event will take place from 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. in the Groton shipyard by the main gate flagpole and will also be livestreamed. The livestream link will be posted as a banner on Homeport the morning of the event.
The charge-to information for this memorial ceremony and briefing is as follows:
- The Charge to Number (CTN) will be your standard Direct Charging Indirect (DCI) or indirect labor charge with the OWO 7601403. See table below.
- Direct heads in MTC, UBCJA, MDA and QP Hourly employees should use the 00001500 indirect labor charge with the OWO 7601403.
- Charges should be limited to the 30-minute length of the ceremony (plus transit time).
Direct Personnel Labor (DCI Employees)
| Direct | Supervision | 00001100 | 7601403 |
| Direct | Administration | 00001200 | 7601403 |
| Direct | Technical | 00001300 | 7601403 |
| Direct | Clerical | 00001500 | 7601403 |
Indirect Personnel Labor
| Indirect | Supervision | 00001101 | 7601403 |
| Indirect | Administration | 00001201 | 7601403 |
| Indirect | Technical | 00001301 | 7601403 |
| Indirect | Clerical | 00001501 | 7601403 |
USS Thresher 60th Anniversary Memorial Dinner
A memorial dinner will be held at the Mystic Marriott on April 10, 2023, marking the 60th anniversary of the loss of the USS Thresher. All Electric Boat employees, both salary and hourly, are invited to attend and join us in honoring the 129 men lost with the Thresher on April 10, 1963.
Joining us at the memorial dinner will be Victoria Sallade, granddaughter of USS Thresher Navy crew member, Charles L. Wiggins. Victoria will share her first-hand perspective on the impact that poor submarine quality has on sailors and their families. Jim Noonan, retired Director of Quality Assurance and Special Emphasis Programs at Electric Boat, will speak to the significant impact that the loss of the USS Thresher has had on improving quality in the submarine building industry and the need for continued vigilance to prevent future tragedies.
This is an Electric Boat event, sponsored by the Electric Boat Management Association (EBMA) and co-sponsored by several EB employee organizations and employee resource groups, including EBAC, HSA, WID-NESC, BEC, ForWARD, EQUAL, EBVN and Toastmasters.
The EBMA is responsible for ticket sales for this event. Tickets are $30 for EBMA members and $35 for all others, including guests.
To purchase a ticket and make your dinner selection, please contact an EBMA booster in your location. There are a total of 600 tickets available for this event. Ticket sales end on April 5, 2023, or until this capacity is reached.
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