Herbert Osborn Yardley was born on April 13, 1889 in Worthington, Indiana. He learned telegraphy from his father, Robert Kirkbride Yardley, a railroad station master and telegrapher. His mother, Mary Emma Osborn Yardley, passed away when he was 13.
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17 June 1947
From: Vice Admiral C. A. Lockwood, Commander of Submarine Force Pacific Fleet during World War II.
To: Chief of Naval Communications, Rear Admiral Earl E. Stone
Subject: Communication Intelligence against the Japanese in World War II. .
1. I am enclosing herewith a statement as to the value of communication intelligence against the Japanese in World War II.
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A 101 year old retired Navy Captain, World War II veteran, and former World War II prisoner of war (POW), passed peacefully from this life on March 11, 2020.
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Birth: April 10, 1935
Death: May 2, 1969
On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher (SSN 593) sank during deep-diving tests about 220 miles (350 km) east of Boston, Massachusetts, killing all 129 crew and shipyard personnel aboard. Her loss was a watershed for the U.S. Navy, leading to the implementation of a rigorous submarine safety program known as SUBSAFE. The first nuclear submarine lost at sea, Thresher was also the first of only two submarines that killed more than 100 people aboard; the other was the Russian Kursk, which sank with 118 aboard in 2000.
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