Turtle (submersible) - Wikipedia
Turtle (also called American Turtle) was the world's first submersible vessel with a documented record of use in combat. It was built in 1775 by American David Bushnell as a means of …
Turtle | Submarine Warfare, Naval Warfare, WW2 | Britannica
Turtle, one-man submarine, the first to be put to military use, built and designed by the American inventor David Bushnell (q.v.) in 1775 for use against British warships. The pear-shaped …
Bushnell’s Turtle: A Revolutionary Submarine - American …
Jul 25, 2022 · By the summer of 1776, George Washington himself met with Bushnell to arrange for the transport and operation of the craft now dubbed the Turtle. Although early submarines …
David Bushnell’s Turtle: The World’s First Submarine
American inventor David Bushnell’s Revolutionary War submarine Turtle was a major breakthrough in naval warfare. This article appears in: April 2006. The world’s first combat …
“Turtle” Submarine - Connecticut River Museum
“Turtle” Submarine Innovation is the word to best describe America’s first submarine. David Bushnell from nearby Westbrook, Connecticut was a Yale graduate interested in creating an …
Submarine Turtle Naval Documents - NHHC
Presented here is a collection of documents that concern the submersible Turtle, the world’s first combat submarine. Named Turtle because its inventor, David Bushnell, believed the craft...
Turtle I (Submarine) - NHHC
Oct 19, 2015 · Conceived as a means of breaking the British blockade of Boston harbor, the submersible embodied four basic requirements for a successful military submarine: the ability …
The story of Turtle, one of the world's first submersibles
Jun 22, 2023 · During the Revolutionary War, an American colonist built an experimental submersible vehicle that George Washington called “an effort of genius.” A vehicle that could …
Yale University Library Research Guides: Bushnell Turtle: Home
Nov 20, 2018 · Print with three views of the "Turtle", a one-man submarine designed and built by David Bushnell to attach bombs to British warships during the American revolutionary war.
The Turtle: Submarine Warfare during the American Revolution
Jun 22, 2022 · What Osgood is referring to as the “famous Waters Machine” was the first submarine with recorded use in battle. It was built in Connecticut and used in New York …