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Friday, April 5, 2013
Volume 9 • Issue No. 14
50-Year Anniversary Commemorates USS Thresher By Adam Marletta Contributing Writer KITTERY – Wednesday, April 10, marks the 50-year anniversary of the worst naval disaster in U.S. history: The sinking of The USS Thresher. On that tragic date in 1963, the nuclear-powered submarine sank during a routine deep-diving test off the coast of Cape Cod. All 129 crewmen died. Personnel at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, where the Thresher was built, plan to acknowledge the 50th anniversary with a memorial service on Sunday. The memorial includes a 129-foot flagpole placed in the Kittery Memorial Circle in honor of the officers, contractors and shipyard workers who perished aboard the ship.
A sleek, state-of-the-art naval sub designed specifically for Cold War confrontation, The USS Thresher (SSN-593) was built to dive deeper and cruise faster than any previous nuclear vessel of its class. The 278-foot submarine cost $45 million and was launched on July 9, 1960. Mrs. Frederick B. Warder – wife of the famous Pa-
cific War skipper – sponsored the ship. Prior to sinking, Thresher, accompanied by the submarine rescue ship Skylark, was conducting post-overhaul exercises off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass. Fifteen minutes into the deep-diving exercise Thresher’s crew attempted to radio Skylark about technical
South Berwick Teen Wins State in Federal Duck Stamp Contest SOUTH BERWICK – A painting by 18-year-old Jocelyn Desisto of South Berwick won Best of Show in the Maine
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competition of the 2013 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest. The judging was held recently at the Washington County Community College in Calais. Desisto, a senior at Marshwood High School, submitted an acrylic painting of a wood duck. Her entry was chosen from the 449 received from 15 schools and groups throughout Maine. The Best of Show artwork will now compete in the national contest on April 19. Her artwork will be included in an exhibit that will tour the United States for the coming year. The contest is organized each year by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is part of a program that teaches students in kindergarten through 12th grades about wetlands and waterfowl conservation. It is modeled after the Federal Duck Stamp Contest for adult artists. Students create original artwork showing North American ducks, geese or swans in their natural habitats. First, second, third and honorable mention
Local Wine Dinner Inspired by Trip to Italy OGUNQUIT – A wine dinner that marks the culmination of a month-long saga of travel and discovery up and down the culinary mecca that is Italy will be hosted on Thursday, April 11, at Five-O Shore Road in Ogunquit. In late February and con-
awards are given out in four age categories. The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program was created in 1989. The art contest started in 1990 with 3,000 students from California participating. Today about 30,000 students throughout the United States, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands participate in the Junior Duck Stamp Contest annually. The first place national winning design is used to create the Federal Junior Duck Stamp. The Junior Duck Stamps cost $5 each and proceeds go to support environmental education by providing awards and scholarships for students, teachers, and schools. (courtesy photo)
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problems. But the only message Skylark’s crew received was garbled static, followed by a shriek described as “air rushing into an air tank.” They were unable to reconnect with Thresher. Subsequent military reports attribute the ship’s sinking to a poorly crafted piping system
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which came unsealed. The resulting burst of seawater caused the engine system to shut down and the ship to implode. The loss of life, coupled with the destruction of a seemingly invincible Navy vessel during the height of Cold War anxiety, left America stunned. In the wake of the disaster, the Navy implemented a series of modern efficiency protocols and improvements to ensure the tragedy is not repeated. Portsmouth High School will hold a private memorial service to honor the 129 crewmen – 47 of which were from Maine – on Saturday. The event is expected to draw over 700 families. A public ceremony is planned for the following day, Sunday, April 7, at the Kittery Memorial Circle. During that time, the memorial flagpole will be unveiled. (courtesy photo)
tinuing into the second week of March, owners Donato Tramuto and Jeffrey Porter of Five-O Shore Road and Caffe Prego took all of the key members of their staff from all of their properties to Italy. See ITALY page 13...
Left to right are: Donovan Frasier, chef, Caffe Prego; Torri Jandebeur, manager, Inn on Shore Road; James Walter, chef, Five-O; Lizzie Woodcock, Brian Giles, Stella Pucciarelli (child); Gillian Roun, sous-chef, FiveO; and Alison Pucciarelli, staff manager, Caffe Prego. (courtesy photo)
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