Triton needed a crew of 172 in her radar-picket role, falling to 159 after her change to an attack role. Losing the specialist mission therefore reduced the complement by only thirteen. Accommodation was considered spacious for the period, with one dedicated berthing compartment containing 96 bunks and two separate chief petty officers' quarters. Those figures describe only part of the accommodation and do not account for the entire crew. Her available space also prompted consideration of a national command-vessel conversion, which was not pursued.
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Triton's large crew and the limits of spacious accommodation
Changing Triton's role removed only thirteen crew positions, and a quoted 96-bunk compartment accounts for only part of her accommodation.