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==Legacy== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Shrine of Amphitrite at USMM Kings Point Academy.gif|right|thumb|Cadets paying a traditional visit to Amphitrite at [[United States Merchant Marine Academy|U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point]]]] --> [[File:Amphitrite Australiastamp.jpg|thumb|246px|Amphitrite on 1936 [[Australia]]n stamp commemorating completion of submarine telephone cable to [[Tasmania]]]] * [[terebellidae|Amphitrite]] is the name of a genus of the worm family ''[[Terebellidae]]''. * In poetry, Amphitrite's name is often used for the sea, as a synonym of [[Thalassa (mythology)|Thalassa]]. * Seven ships of the [[Royal Navy]] were named [[HMS Amphitrite|HMS ''Amphitrite'']] * {{ship||Amphitrite|1802 ship}}, which wrecked in 1833 with heavy loss of life while transporting convicts to New South Wales * Three ships of the [[United States Navy]] were named [[USS Amphitrite|USS ''Amphitrite'']]. * An asteroid, [[29 Amphitrite]], is named for her. * In 1936, Australia used an image of Amphitrite on a [[postage stamp]] as a [[classical antiquity|classical]] [[allusion]] for the [[submarine communications cable]] across [[Bass Strait]] from [[Apollo Bay, Victoria]] to [[Stanley, Tasmania]]. *A statue of Amphitrite stands at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY
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