The USS Triton nuclear submarine left New London, CT on February 16, 1960 on a mission to complete the first submerged circumnavigation of the world. Code-named Operation Sandblast, the US Navy ...

For much of their history submarines have spent most of their time on the surface, only submerging to make attacks. But the arrival of nuclear power allowed a submarine to stay underwater indefinitely ...

It was called Operation Sandblast, but it had nothing to do with sand, and the only blasting was the propulsion of a metal tube through water. The USS Triton’s around-the-world underwater voyage in ...

An undated photo shows the USS Triton, a nuclear-powered submarine, under way in the Atlantic Ocean. The sub's sail, which contained the boat's conning tower, is on display at the Port of Benton in ...

1960: The USS Triton, a nuclear-powered radar picket submarine, arrives in Groton, Connecticut, after completing the first completely submerged circumnavigation of Earth. It spends 60 days, 21 hours ...

(WHTM) — She was, at the time, the largest, most powerful, and most expensive submarine ever built. The SSRN-586, aka the USS Triton, was the first nuclear submarine with two reactors, and the only ...

Richland, WA The Port of Benton will dedicate a wall commemorating the 857 officers and crew who served on the USS Triton nuclear submarine at 10 a.m., June 14. Some of Triton’s surviving veterans ...

In the advent of the nuclear era, the US military harnessed the atom's unfathomable power to propel its leading-edge fleet of submarines. But among the first batch of nuclear models, one stood out: ...

RICHLAND -- When Jim Carey of Kennewick served on the USS Triton, the nuclear submarine's conning tower was where the officer of the deck stood his watch and issued orders. Now that water-tight room ...