Richland, WA The Port of Benton will dedicate a wall commemorating the 857 officers and crew who served on the USS Triton nuclear submarine at 10 a.m., June 14. Some of Triton’s surviving veterans ...
The 27-year port commissioner served during a fruitful period for the agency.
In the advent of the nuclear era, the US military harnessed the atom's unfathomable power to propel its leading-edge fleet of submarines. But among the first batch of nuclear models, one stood out: ...