2 News Clippings with B & W photos 1) Day 11-11'59 (handwritten in black pen) Giant Triton - Submarine crews dependents, bunching up on afterdeck, .. 2) 9-29-59. Sea Trials Begin- The 447 ft nuclear -powered Triton ....begins initial voyage to sea.

Giant Titon Submarine 11-11-59
Giant Titon Submarine 11-11-59

Name/Title

2 News Clippings with B & W photos 1) Day 11-11'59 (handwritten in black pen) Giant Triton - Submarine crews dependents, bunching up on afterdeck, .. 2) 9-29-59. Sea Trials Begin- The 447 ft nuclear -powered Triton ....begins initial voyage to sea.

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.0740

Scope and Content

2 news clippings with a B & W photo 1) Caption reads. "Day 11-11'59 (handwritten in black pen) Giant Triton - Submarine crews dependents, bunching up on afterdeck, are dwarfed in photographer's view from the ship's highest point… (2) B& W Photo with a caption that reads "New London, Conn, Tuesday Afternoon, September 29, 1959. Sea Trials Begin The 447 foot nuclear -powered Triton, the world's largest and most powerful submarine cruise in Long Island Sound during her initial voyage to sea…."

Collection

James L. Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2016.1

Source or Donor

Streeter, James L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Clipping, Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Clipping

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Radar, Ship trials, Shipbuilding, Submarines

Search Terms

Newspapers, Photography, U.S. Navy, General Dynamics / Electric Boat, Groton, USS TRITON (SSRN586)

Archive Details

Creator

The Day

Restrictions

Access: Discolouration/fading

Archive Notes

Date(s): January 21 & 26 1961

General Notes

Note

Status: Good Status By: Maureen A. McClellan Status Date: 2019-05-13