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Last Address Fort Worth
Date of Passing Apr 10, 1963
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I am searching for details of Chief Pennington's career. The dates of his promotions are estimates.
Currently unable to add stars to the combat patrol pin to denote Chief Pennington's six combat patrols.
NEC EM-3364-Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisor-Electrical
Base, Station or City Portsmouth
State/Country New Hampshire
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USS Thresher (SSN-593) Details
On Eternal Patrol - USS Thresher (SSN-593)
Hull number SSN-593
Just outside the main gate of the Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, California, a Thresher-Scorpion Memorial honors the crews of the two submarines.[10]
In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, there is a stone memorial with a plaque honoring all who were lost on Thresher. It is located outside the Albacore museum.[11]
A Joint Resolution was introduced in 2001 calling for the erection of a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, but this proposal has yet to be adopted.[12]
On 12 April 1963, President John Kennedy issued an Executive Order (No. 11104) paying tribute to the crew of Thresher by flying flags at half-staff.[13]
In Eureka, Missouri, there is a marble stone at the post office on Thresher Drive honoring the "officers and crew of the USS Thresher, Lost 10 April 1963"[14]
In Salisbury, Massachusetts, the town paid tribute to USSThresher crewman Sonarman First Class Robert Edwin Steinel, a resident of the town, by naming a park in his honor "Robert E. Steinel Memorial Park". The tribute ceremony was attended by his wife, children, and other members of the USS Thresherfamily.