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On September 6, 1776, the first functioning submarine, called the Turtle, attacked the HMS Eagle anchored in New York Harbor. Designed by Saybrook native and Yale graduate David Bushnell, the Turtle was a one-man vessel that submerged by admitting water into the hull and surfaced by pumping it out by hand. The oak carved egg-shaped submarine was armed with a torpedo made from a keg of powder that would be attached to an enemy ship’s hull and gave Americans a secret weapon against the British—one that could potentially destroy British ships in New York Harbor.
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The Turtle Submarine – Today in History: September 6 - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
On September 6, 1776, the first functioning submarine, called the Turtle, attacked the HMS Eagle anchored in New York Harbor.
connecticuthistory.org