High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USCGC Triton (WPC-116), a steel-hulled, diesel-powered Thetis-class patrol boat 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. The contract for her construction was let on 17 November 1933 to the Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. She was commissioned as "Coast Guard Patrol Boat No. 16" on 20 November 1934 with Lieutenant Commander George C. Carlstedt, USCG, in command.