On Eternal Patrol - Richard Herman Mann, Jr.

On Eternal Patrol - Lost Submariners of the U.S. Navy

Richard Herman Mann, Jr.

Richard Herman Mann, Jr.

Rank/Rate Interior Communications Electrician, Second Class

Birth Date December 15, 1939

From Danbury, Connecticut

Decorations

Submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593)

Loss Date April 10, 1963

Location Approximately 300 miles off the coast of New England

Circumstances Most likely cause of the sinking was a failure in either a pipe, a pipe valve, or a hull weld, causing flooding near the engine room

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