#AdventuresInHistory!
#OnThisDay #ThisDayInHistory #February24, 1960: #USN #submarine #USSTriton begins the 1st #SubmergedCircumnavigation of the globe.
#OperationSandblast #SSRN586 #EdwardLBeachJr #SaintPeterAndSaintPaulArchipelago #ColdWar #USNavy #NavalSky
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OnThisDay #ThisDayInHistory #February24, 1960: #USN #submarine #USSTriton begins the 1st #SubmergedCircumnavigation of the globe.
#OperationSandblast #SSRN586 #EdwardLBeachJr #SaintPeterAndSaintPaulArchipelago #ColdWar #USNavy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

USS Triton circumnavigating the world underwater

OTD in 1960 USS Triton begins a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth.

‘The first submarine to go round the world under water. The journey took 83 days and was partly under ice.’

Words: W Murray
Artist: F Humphris
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.

#LadybirdBooks #OTD #24February #USSTriton

Los #USSSkipjack SSN585 (1959-1990), #USSNautilus SSN571 (1954-1980) y #USSTriton SSRN586 (1959-1969) junto al buque de apoyo a submarinos #USSFulton AS11 en#NewLondon CT, en 1962. Nótese las diferencias de diseño y tamaño. El Triton es el único SSN 🇺🇸 con dos reactores nucleares