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• The first USCGC Triton was a 165-foot cutter which operated out of United States Coast Guard Base 15 at Biloxi, Mississippi during what was referred to at the time as "the Prohibition War" -- operations against alcohol smugglers during Prohibition.
• The second USS Triton (YT-10) , a 212-ton tug, was built at Camden, New Jersey, in 1889 and purchased in that year by the United States Navy. Her long career was spent operating out of the Washington Navy Yard with frequent trips to Indian Head, Maryland. In 1921, she was designated YT-10. Triton was struck from the Naval Vessel Registry in May 1930 and sold the following September.
• The third USS Triton (SS-201) was lost during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough.
• The fourth USCGC Triton (WPC/WMEC-116)insert image and caption here Career Ordered: 17 November 1933 Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: 20 November 1934 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement:337 tons Length:165 feet Beam:25 feet 3 inches Draft:8 feet 6 inches Speed:16 knots Compl was a United States Coast Guard patrol boat that served almost simultaneously with the previous submarine.
• The fifth USS Triton (SSRN/SSN-586)insert image and caption here Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 May 1956 Launched: 19 August 1958 Commissioned: 10 November 1959 Fate:submarine recycling Struck: 30 April 1986 General Characteristics Displacement:5800 tons surfaced, 7900 tons submerged Length, a nuclear-powered radarThis article is about the device. For the fictional character in M A S H see Corporal Walter (Radar) O'Reilly. antenna (approximately 40m (130ft) in diameter) rotates on a track to observe activities near the horizon. Radar is an acronym for ra dio d etec picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth.