&sq=&lang=&file=File:Circle_Line_XVII_March_2015.jpg) Triton as Circle Line XVII in 2016.
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| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name | Triton |
| Ordered | 17 November 1933 |
| Completed | 1934 |
| Commissioned | 20 November 1934 |
| Decommissioned | 1967 |
| Fate | Repowered and converted to passenger vessel for Circle Line in New York City in 1973 |
| United States | |
| Name | Circle Line XVII |
| Owner | Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises |
| Acquired | 1973 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Thetis-class patrol boat |
| Displacement | 337 long tons (342 t) |
| Length | 165 ft (50 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft 3 in (7.70 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 50 |
| Armament |
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USCGC Triton (WPC-116), a steel-hulled, diesel-powered Thetis-class patrol boat[1] of the United States Coast Guard, was the fourth commissioned ship of the United States to be named for Triton, a Greek demigod of the sea who was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. She served almost simultaneously with the submarine of the same name. Today, she serves as a tour boat in New York City for Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, and carries the name Circle Line XVII.
- ^ Dropkin, Les (January 2002). "The Thetis Class Coast Guard Patrol Boats" (PDF). Potomac Association.