When confronted with the doctored results, Thomas told investigators, “Yeah, that looks bad,” the Justice Department said. She suggested that in some cases she changed the tests to passing grades because she thought it was “stupid” that the Navy required the tests to be conducted at negative-100 degrees Fahrenheit (negative-73.3 degrees Celsius).
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I mean not really? Argentina lost a sub to the depths a few years ago, the ARA San Juan.
Also, just gonna link this other discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/submarines/comments/qprm60/metallurgist_admits_faking_steeltest_results_for
There are plenty of submarine accidents after 1958, I just mean the story was declassified this year so it's the most recent scandal regarding subs that I watched /r/Navy react to. Before the recent batch of releases, the cover story was that there wasn't any contact with the crew or potential for rescue. I fully expect submarines in general to fail because they're super complex tech even if there isn't a nuclear reactor and any mechanical issue can sink it. In the US Navy they're regarded as a special community and the backbone of global power projection outside of nuclear carriers, so there's the contrast of their pride/skill and their lack of confidence in Big Navy to keep them safe.