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USS TRITON submarine
At the time of her commissioning in 1959, Triton was the
largest, most powerful, and most expensive submarine
ever built. Her cost was $109 million, excluding the cost of nuclear fuel and reactors.
Commissioned in 1959, USS Triton (SSN 586) was designed
as a radar picket submarine, and featured two nuclear
reactors, two screws, a knife-edge bulbous bow, and the
largest sail ever to house its large radar dish.
Triton
submarine had the distinction of being the only US submarine
powered by two nuclear reactors.
In the May 1960, she was the first vessel
to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth.
Triton's
mission as a radar picket submarine was made obsolete
after two years by the introduction of the carrier-based
Grumman WF-2 Tracer airborne early warning aircraft in
1964. The SSR/SSRN mission was quickly phased out.
USS Triton was converted to an attack submarine in 1962
and became the flagship for the Commander, Submarine
Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet in 1964. She was
decommissioned in 1969.
Triton's
sail superstructure was saved from the recycling process
and is now part of the USS Triton Submarine Memorial
Park located on Port of Benton Boulevard in Richland,
Washington.
Our
primarily wood USS Triton submarine model comes in
two sizes.
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27" long (1/200 scale)
$1,790 Shipping
and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other
places: $250 flat rate.
- 37.5"
long (1/144 scale)
$2,470 Shipping
and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other
places: $350 flat rate.
Models are built per commissions only. We require only
a small deposit (not full amount, not even half) to start the process $500. The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed, in 3-4 months.
Learn
more about the USS Triton here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tullibee_(SSN-597)
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