I'm currently reading "Blind Man's Bluff" [0], which I think I found in an HN comment, which, in addition to Thresher, also discusses the loss of the Scorpion.

I'm currently reading "Blind Man's Bluff" [0], which I think I found in an HN comment, which, in addition to Thresher, also discusses the loss of the Scorpion. The authors come pretty close to claiming that during the investigation into Scorpion the Naval Ordnance Department covered up a known problem that could cause a torpedo to explode inside the vessel. This information may not have saved the boat (the problem was discovered just days before the accident) but seems to have been deliberately withheld from the investigation (and the documents have mysteriously been destroyed, somehow without leaving an audit trail like they should have). It's an interesting book, so far. [0] https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089EMLGK https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089EMLGK