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“An effort of genius.” -George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 1785
The world’s first submarine was once used all the way through the American Revolution. Even as other men his age supported the rustic with muskets, Yale graduate David Bushnell sought the solution to 1 essential question: learn how to defend The usa against the British Royal Navy. His answer was once the American Turtle. That specialize in the vessel’s most essential mission, sinking Britain’s flagship in New York harbor, this concise history follows the development of the invention from drawing table to open water and onwards.