Characteristics of Triton
| Pressure Hull Plate | 3,200 tons | |
| Welding Wire | 450,000pounds | |
| Piping | 88,000 feet | |
| Cable | 553,195 feet | |
| Auxiliary Machinery Plant | ||
| Distillers | 16,000 gallons per day | |
| Air Conditioning | 500 tons | |
| Ships Store Refrigerator | 2 tons | |
| Electric Plant | ||
| Turbo Generators (4) | Total KW rating 6,000 | |
| Each Generator | 1500KW, 3 phase,60cycle,450volts | |
| Motor Generators(2) | Total KW rating 600AC | |
| Each | 300KW, AC/DC, DC/AC | |
| Emergency Generator (1) | 400KW Diesel generator | |
| Batteries | Exide MAY51A calcium grid 5500 Amphours 126 Cells | |
| Crew | Approx 180 | |
| Length Of Ship | 447.5 feet | |
| Maximum Beam | 37 feet | |
| Draught | 23.5 feet | |
| Ballast Tanks | 12 ( holding approx 2,000 tons of water ) | |
| Displacement: Surfaced | 5,963 tons | |
| Submerged | 7,773 tons | |
| Speed: Surfaced | 30+ knots | |
| Submerged | 27+ knots | |
| Sonars: Active | BQS 4 | |
| Passive | BQR 2 | |
| Torpedo Armourment: Bow | 4 21 inch ( Manual reload capabilities only ) | |
| Stern | 2 21 inch ( Manual reload capabilities only ) | |
| Fire Control System | MK 101 | |
| Diving Depth: | 700feet operational, 1050feet crush depth | |
| Reactors (2) | S4G 22,500hp each | |
| Propellers (2) | 11 feet diameter 5 bladed |
The Electric Boat Company built the Triton using material supplied by 739 different companies in the time of 26 months on the slipway. However, Triton was still over a year from being completed and it was not until the 10th of November 1959 that she was formally commissioned into the United States Navy.