USS Triton (SSRN-586)

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:beam 37 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Groton,_Connecticut
gptkbp:circumnavigation_commander gptkb:Captain_Edward_L._Beach,_Jr.
gptkbp:circumnavigation_end_date 25 April 1960
gptkbp:circumnavigation_start_date 24 February 1960
gptkbp:class gptkb:Triton-class_submarine
gptkbp:commissioned 10 November 1959
gptkbp:convertedTo gptkb:radar_picket_submarine
gptkbp:crewComplement 172
gptkbp:decommissioned 3 May 1969
gptkbp:displacement 5,900 tons (surfaced)
7,900 tons (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 25 ft
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:features only US submarine with two reactors
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:New_London,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Triton (SSRN-586)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:SSRN-586
gptkbp:laidDown 29 May 1956
gptkbp:launched 19 August 1958
gptkbp:length 447.5 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Triton_(mythology)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Big_T
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:First_submerged_circumnavigation_of_the_Earth
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:2_Westinghouse_S4G_nuclear_reactors
2 shafts
2 steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapping_completed 2007
gptkbp:speed over 30 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:struck 30 March 1986
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Sandblast
gptkb:Submarine_Squadron_10
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5