Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "Turtle" submarine by David Bushnell (1742-1824). ADuring American War of Independence several unsuccessful attempts made to ...

Although it was mechanically sound, the Turtle, the first military submarine, was employed as a clandestine weapon during the American Revolutionary War. The Hunley, built during the American Civil ...

The Turtle submarine, invented during the Revolutionary War, was the first submarine used in combat. Alan Yu of WHYY’s The Pulse reports how it revolutionized war and why former President George ...

This American inventor has a last name that likely rings a bell for Connecticut residents, but the extraordinary thing he created even before the nation won its independence probably does not. He’s ...