Fred Philip Abrams

Born [date unknown] in Kittery, York, Maine, United States

Died 10 Apr 1963 in At Sea

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Biography

• Civilian aboard the USS Thresher, a submarine that sank during deep-diving tests off the coast of Massachusetts.
  • Thresher was the first nuclear submarine lost at sea and only one of four lost with more than 100 people aboard.^[1]
  • Several memorials have been dedicated to honor the lost aboard the Thresher and several with specific crewmen honored - including a memorial at Arlington to the whole crew dedicated in Sept 2019.

• 1938 Traip Academy
• US Army, WWII - 360th Engineers General Service Regiment
  • 29 Dec 1945 Honorably Discharged
• Awards: Army Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal, Marksmanship Medal
• Inspector, ship mechanical systems, quality assurance branch, Production Department, US Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH
  • This was his role and the reason he was aboard the USS Thresher when she was lost at sea

• s/o Fred T. Abrams^[2]
  • Bro/o Charles, Mrs Ada Torrey^[2]
• m. Shirley Astbury^[2]
  • Carol, James^[2]

Images

• Headshot (Cropped photo)

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: USS Thresher, accessed 3 Oct 2020.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} USS Thresher: Ship Roster, accessed 9 Oct 2020.

• "Lost Nukes of the Cold War." Drain the Oceans. (Season 2 Episode 6). National Geographic. 29 July 2019.
• "In Memoriam." Memorial Service Programme for the loss of the USS Thresher. 1963. Navsource.org. Accessed 3 Oct 2020.
• USS Thresher Naval History & Heritage Command - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS); See: Men Who Perished in the Loss of Thresher (SSN-593) on 10 April 1963