Other sites of interest:
www.thresherbase.org
Thresher Base, United States Submarine Veterans
Chartered November 15, 1989, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
to perpetuate the memory of the USS Thresher (SSN 593)
(Eternal Father) Written in 1860 by William Whiting of Winchester, England, for a student who was about to sail for the United States. The melody, published in 1861, was composed by fellow Englishman, Rev. John Bacchus Dykes. The fourth verse was anonymously written in 1955. |
Thresher painting, song recording and website created by
Lori Arsenault, daughter
in loving memory of Tilmon J. Arsenault
Chief Engineman
UNITED STATES NAVY
USS Thresher, SSN 593
On Eternal Patrol