EARLY EPISODE: The Turtle, The World's First Combat Submarine
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The Turtle was the world's first combat submarine, built during the American Revolution, and somehow, it didn't turn into an elaborate suicide device.
Sources:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1942/february/david-bushnell-and-first-american-submarine
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/submersible-history-revolutionary-war
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/david-bushnells-turtle-the-worlds-first-submarine/
Comments
I’m downloading this for my submarine patrol just so I can laugh and be sad that things haven’t changed much. As some crews say “Bear Down!”
Justin fordyce
2025-04-03 20:56:09 +0000 UTCMy dad is convinced we're related to the guy who invented this thing. I refuse to believe it lol
Mike H
2025-03-24 20:22:39 +0000 UTC
