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	USS Triton (SS-201) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		USS Triton (SS-201), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first submarine and third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Triton, a Greek demigod of the sea who was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
		Triton departed Portsmouth on 1 July, transited the Panama Canal on 12 July, and arrived at San Diego, California, on 20 July.
		Triton heard two explosions from the first spread but none from the second as she was forced to take evasive action.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/uss_triton__ss_201_ (2093 words)

	Triton
		Triton, who possessed a man's body above the waist and that of a fish below, used his conch-shell trumpet alternately to summon storms and to still the sea.
		Triton departed Portsmouth on 1 July, transited the Panama Canal on the 12th, and arrived at San Diego on the 20th.
		On the 13th, Triton was warned that three enemy destroyers in her area were either looking for a convoy or were hunting American submarines.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/t8/triton-iii.htm (1847 words)

	USS Triton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Five ships and submarines of the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard have been named USS Triton, for Triton, a Greek demigod of the sea who was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
		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.
		The fourth USCGC Triton (WPC/WMEC-116) was a United States Coast Guard patrol boat that served almost simultaneously with the previous submarine.
	www.bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_triton.html (203 words)

	USS Triton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Triton (YT-10), a 212-ton tug, was built at Camden, New Jersey, in 1889 and purchased in that year by the U.S. Navy.
		The second Triton (SS-201) was a Tambor class diesel-electric submarine commissioned in 1940 and sunk in 1943 during World War II.
		The third Triton (SSRN/SSN-586), a nuclear-powered radar picket submarine, was commissioned in 1959 and struck in 1986.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Triton (226 words)

	Longwood Magazine \| Summer 2003
		On August 15, 1940, the USS Triton (SS 201) was commissioned at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
		Although the USS Triton was a pre-war submarine, she was one of the newer fleet-style submarines and would soon see action in the China Sea and the Pacific.
		Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the USS Triton was on patrol off Wake Island and was the first U.S. submarine to successfully torpedo and damage a Japanese destroyer.
	www.longwood.edu /longwood/summer03/findingfather3.htm (401 words)

	USS Triton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Five ships and submarines of the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard have been named USS Triton for Triton a Greek demigod of the sea was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
		The first USCGC Triton was a 165-foot cutter which operated of United States Coast Guard Base 15 at Biloxi Mississippi during what was referred to at time as "the Prohibition War" -- operations alcohol smugglers during Prohibition.
		The third USS Triton (SS-201) was lost during World War II The fourth USCGC Triton (WPC/WMEC-116) was a United States Coast Guard patrol boat that served almost simultaneously the previous submarine.
	www.freeglossary.com /USS_Triton (355 words)

	USN Ships--USS Triton (SS-201)
		She sank one cargo ship in early March and attacked others, but was not heard from after the 11th of the month and in April was reported overdue and presumed lost.
		Postwar analysis concluded that USS Triton, with her entire crew of seventy-three officers and men, was probably sunk by Japanese destroyers off the Admiralty Islands on 15 March 1943.
		Triton is in pre-war configuration, with the "201" painted on her sail in large numerals.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-t/ss201.htm (823 words)

	DANFS: USS Triton (SS-201)
		The third Triton (SS-201) was laid down on 6 July 1939 by the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard; launched on 26 March 1940, sponsored by Mrs.
		Assigned to Submarine Division 62, Triton made a training cruise to Midway from 30 August to 16 September and then participated in local and fleet operations in the Hawaiian area.
		Triton's fourth war patrol took her to Alaskan waters and lasted from 26 June to 24 August.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/danfs/SS/ss201.html (1842 words)

	Eternal Patrol - USS Triton (SS-201) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		TRITON, on 16 March, was ordered to change her area slightly to the east.
		TRITON was told to clear to her area on 25 March 1943, and return to Brisbane.
		TRITON was a most active and valuable member of the Submarine Force prior to her loss.
	www.thesaltysailor.com /ships/lostboat7.htm (806 words)

	US Navy Submarine, USS Triton (SS-201) operated out of Brisbane Submarine Base during WW2 - Was it sunk by friendly ...
		One man in Brisbane who was waiting to board USS Triton upon her return said that he was re-assigned to USS Albacore on the day he was told that USS Triton had been sunk by accident coming into New Farm Wharf.
		There is yet another theory that the USS Triton was involved in some sort of accident involving the loss of all lives and that it was recovered and sent to Fremantle for repairs in July 1943.
		USS Triton reported that she had sunk two ships in the convoy and damaged another one, claiming 3 hits from 6 torpedoes.
	www.ozatwar.com /ozatwar/usstriton.htm (1829 words)

	US Navy Submarine, USS Triton (SS-201) operated out of Brisbane Submarine Base during WW2 - Was it sunk by friendly ...
		Capricorn Wharf in New Farm for the USS Triton to arrive that morning, were the crews of USS Albacore, USS Grampus, USS Grouper, USS Peto, USS Grayback, and USS Growler, along with relief crews and some men waiting to reboard USS Triton.
		USS Triton was reported overdue from patrol and presumed lost on 10 April, 1943.
		Triton (SS-201) sunk on 15 Mar 43, crew of 74 killed, sunk either by Japanese destroyer Satsuki or submarine chaser Ch 24, north of the Admiralty Islands.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/ozatwar/usstriton.htm (1829 words)

	Long Lancers
		Most accounts of the loss state with some finality that TRITON fell victim to three Japanese destroyers (about whose presence she had been warned two days previous) in a depth charge attack north of the Admiralty Islands on 15 March 1943.
		Again quoting from the official report, "On the morning of 13 March TRITON was told that three enemy destroyers had been sighted at 2-00 S, 145-44 E on a northerly course.
		Having sailed from Yokosuka on 18 February to "continue South Pacific escort duty," YUZUKI was the single escort to a group of five merchantmen attacked by TRITON between Truk and Rabaul on 6 March.
	www.combinedfleet.com /triton.htm (1545 words)

	Spritz's Navy
		After her commissioning in August, 1940, TRITON was transferred to the Pacific to be in the forefront of the Navy's defense efforts before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		TRITON and crew rest at a depth of 18,000 feet, in the Pacific, in the Caroline Basin, north of the island of New Guinea.
		TRITON is also credited as being the first United States submarine to sink a Japanese ship by deck gun in World War II.
	www.ussvi.org /mem/spritz.htm (1711 words)

	Triton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Triton a Greek god ; his name and image have come be associated with a class of mythological called Tritons.
		USS Triton (YT-10) a 212-ton tug built at Camden New Jersey in 1889 and purchased in that year by United States Navy.
		USS Triton (SS-201) a submarine lost during World War II Triton (WPC/WMEC-116) a United States Coast Guard patrol boat that served almost simultaneously the previous submarine.
	www.freeglossary.com /Triton (386 words)

	triton information site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Triton, a Greek god; his name and image have come to be associated with a class of mythological beings called Tritons.
		Triton X-100 is a detergent that is often used in extraction buffers because it solublizes proteins.
		This triton variant index site has been developed to help wayward users find the information they are looking for, no matter how they are mistakenly spelled or mistyped.
	www.mistyped.info /triton.htm (354 words)

	USS Triton (SS-201) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Japanese destroyer Nenohi capsized to port and slid under the waves.
		This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
		The rumors about Triton's loss to friendly fire are laid out at http://ozatwar.com/ozatwar/usstriton.htm
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Triton_(SS-201) (2118 words)

	A Life In The Boats
		Triton was a vast improvement over the cramped, unairconditioned boats Rau had previously served in.
		The ceremony was a grim foreshadowing of Triton's own future.
		She would be lost to enemy action on March 15, 1943.
	www.diodon349.com /Stories/a_life_in_the_boats.htm (879 words)

	USS TRITON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The last word received from TRITON came on 11 March 1943 when she reported, “Two groups of smokes, 5 or more ships each, plus escortsAm chasing.” She was ordered to stay south of the Equator, and was informed of the area (an adjacent one) assigned to TRIGGER.
		On the morning of 13 March TRITON was told that three enemy destroyers had been sighted southeast on a northerly course.
		Information available after the war shows that TRITON was, without a doubt, sunk by the enemy destroyers of which she was given information on 13 March.
	www.csp.navy.mil /ww2boats/triton.htm (892 words)

	Historical Military Documents and Artifacts
		On the night of December 10, 1941 the USS Triton (SS-201), commanded by Willis Ashford ("Pilly") Lent was patrolling the waters south of Wake Island when they spotted a Japanese destroyer-or cruiser-on the horizon.
		At about that same time, the ship evidently spotted Triton and turned toward her, closing rapidly.
		This fragment is one of two that was originally picked up by Captain E.A. Lewis of the S.S. Washington Irving, the first ship to dock at Casablanca after the battle.
	hometown.aol.com /rayeso/index.html/artifacts.html (724 words)

	USS TRITON SS-201 Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On December 10th, TRITON torpedoed a Japanese destroyer near the island.
		Sometime later, TRITON became the first U.S. NAVY submarine to sink a Japanese vessel by gun fire, and by September, 1942, TRITON had sunk more Japanese tonnage than all other U.S. NAVY submarines operating out of Pearl Harbor.
		USS TRITON made six very successful War Patrols against the Empire of Japan, sinking 19 Japanese ships and damaging 7 more before being lost with all hands somewhere in the Pacific.
	users.erols.com /tritnmia/page2.html (229 words)

	Triton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		USS Triton (SS-201) was a submarine lostduring World War II.
		USCGC Triton (WPC/WMEC-116) was a United States Coast Guard patrol boat that servedalmost simultaneously with the previous submarine.
		USS Triton (SSRN/SSN-586), anuclear-powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submergedcircumnavigation of the Earth.
	www.therfcc.org /triton-95948.html (166 words)

	The Navy Memorial Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As was common with the majority of submarine losses, the exact details of Triton’s loss are not known.
		On March 13, Triton was warned that three destroyers were operating in her area, possibly on antisubmarine operations.
		Postwar analysis of Japanese records indicates that an attack by the three destroyers on March 15, almost certainly was the cause of her loss.
	www.lonesailor.org /las_getrib.php?search=yes&fileaddr=NLW94303151 (219 words)

	Triton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Triton® Golf is praying for and would like to personally thank all members of the United States Military and Contractors who have served, or are currently
		Triton Cove State Park is a 29-acre day-use park with 555 feet of saltwater shore on Hood Canal.
		Pearson Triton, Triton www.triton381.com describes the restoration of a 1963 Pearson Triton sailboat, found near derelict in a boatyard.
	www.intfind.com /?k=triton (660 words)

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		TRITON Triton: A Greek demigod of the sea who was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
		Complement: 59 Armament: 1 3”; 2.50 cal. MG; 10 21” torpedo tubes Class: TAMBOR The third TRITON (SS-201) was laid down on 5 July 1939 by the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard; launched on 25 March 1940; sponsored by Mrs.
		Nine days later, she and sister ship TROUT (SS-202) headed for Hawaii and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 4 August.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ss201.txt (1862 words)

	Longwood Magazine \| Summer 2003
		In recent years, I discovered a letter from my father to his mother in which he wrote, shortly before his death, "Elna says that Jeanine still remembers me. I hope she doesn't forget." I have never forgotten.
		A website, http://www.erols.com/tritnmia/, the USS TRITON, SS-201 homepage, has been established for finding the families of TRITON's 74-man crew.
		It has been a privilege to be in contact with many families of the TRITON's crew.
	www.longwood.edu /longwood/Summer03/findingfather.htm (633 words)

	Submarine Photo Index
		Triton (SS-201) underway, circa 1941, with another submarine in the background.
		Among the submarines at the base are Tuna (SS-203), Gudgeon (SS-211), Argonaut (SS-166), Narwhal (SS-167), Triton (SS-201) and Dolphin (SS-169).
		The Triton might very well have been sunk by the Japanese Mutsuki class destroyer Satsuki or Subchaser No. 24 north of Admiralty Islands, according to Submarines Lost Through Enemy Action.
	www.navsource.org /archives/08/08201.htm (948 words)

	Submarine Store Directory of Submarine Links
		This site is dedicated to perpetuate the memory of USS BANG, and the men that served aboard her.
		This site is a tribute to all who served aboard U.S. NAVY submarines in World War II and in particular to the battlewise officers and crew who remain on Eternal Patrol aboard USS TRITON, SS-201.
		Lloyd C. McKenzie, TM1, USN was a member of the commissioning crew and served aboard TRITON for all six war patrols.
	www.submarinestore.com /cgi-bin/ilink.cgi?Category=Specific_Submarines\|Diesel_Boats_-_SS (751 words)

	Links interesantes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		USS Crevalle (SS 291) - history of the submarine with many links all over the world were she served.
		Navy Historical Center: USS Squalus (SS 192) - history of the 1939 sinking, rescue of survivors, and salvage of the Squalus.
		USS Triton (SS 201) - history of the vessel which was lost in battle with all hands during March 1943.
	www.histarmar.com.ar /Links/linksdesubmarinos.htm (1038 words)

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