Thresher Base holds six regular meetings per year on the third Saturday of the months of January, March, May, July. September & November. Additionally, Thresher Base hosts a Memorial Day service at Albacore Park as well as the Annual USS Thresher Memorial Service, held on the Saturday closest to April 10.

The 56th Annual USS Thresher Memorial Service will be held on

Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the R. W. Traip Academy,

12 Williams Avenue, Kittery, Maine.

 

The doors to the lobby will be open at 1100 to permit time for USS Thresher Family and Former Crew to socialize. The doors to the Auditorium will open at 1130.

 

At 1210, the USS Thresher Former Crew in attendance will assemble on stage to answer questions from the USS Thresher Family members regarding their loved ones in a segment titled

'Memories of the men lost, from the men who served with them".

 

At 1300, the memorial service will begin.

 

Invitations will be sent to USS Thresher Family & Former Crew on February 2, 2019. This year  you have the option to receive an electronic invitation instead of the formal mailed invitation. To RSVP, and to select your choice regarding opting out of the formal mailed invitation, please use the following link to the 56th USS Thresher Memorial Service RSVP Form.

 

USS Thresher Family & Former Crew are asked to RSVP by filling out one registration form for each member in your party who will be attending. The RSVP list will be used to create your name tag, and allow us to purchase an appropriate number of roses.

The May Thresher Base meeting will be held at Newick's Lobster House, 431 Dover Point Rd., Dover, NH

 

A self-pay luncheon will be offered.