On this day (16-Feb) in the year 1960, USS Triton, the Nuclear powered Submarine of US Navy set-off on it's maiden Global circumnavigation...
Named after the Greek god Triton, the submarine had the distinction of being the only Western submarine powered by two Nuclear reactors...
The largest, most powerful and most expensive submarine, USS Triton was commemorated by the Antigua and Barbuda Postal Administration with the release of a 30-East Caribbean cent postage stamp in the year 1987...
The stamp features navigation of USS Triton in the seawaters...
This stamp can be collected under the themes:
(a) Submarines / Ships...
(b) Nuclear submarines...
(c) Circumnavigation...
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