English: 330-PS-9700 (428-GX-USN 710551): A 447-foot atomic powered Triton (SSRN 586), the U.S. Navy’s largest and most powerful submarine, cruises in Long Island Sound during its initial trip to sea on 27 September 1959. Triton is a radar picket submarine designed to serve as an early warning station for Navy Task Forces. The 5,900 ton vessel is the first U.S. submarine to be propelled by two nuclear reactors. Triton’s builder is General Dynamics Corporation, Electronic Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut, 2 October 1959. (9/30/2014).