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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Triton |
| Namesake | Triton, a Greek demigod of the sea. |
| Builder | John H. Dialogue, Camden, NJ |
| Launched | 1888 |
| Acquired | Purchased September 1889 |
| Reclassified | YT-10 (17 July 1921) |
| Stricken | 19 May 1930 |
| Fate | Sold 15 September 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Yard tug |
| Displacement | 212 tons |
| Length | 107 ft (33 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) mean |
| Propulsion | 300 hp triple-expansion steam, single screw propeller |
| Speed | 13 knots |
The first USS Triton (later YT-10) was an iron-hulled tug purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1889. After more than 40 years of service as a Navy yard tug, she was sold off in 1930 and began a second career as a commercial tug.
Triton was built in 1888, hull no. 287 at the John H. Dialogue shipyard in Camden, New Jersey. She was built for P. Dougherty & Company, a Baltimore-based towing firm, and named the Douglas H. Thomas after a prominent Baltimore banker with ties to local shipping. Her official U.S. number was 157229.