Turtle
first combat submersible; United States, 1775
Facts
11 properties- Instance of
- submersible, human-powered submarine, attack submarine[2][3]
- Beam
- +1[13]
- Designed by
- David Bushnell[7]
- Draft
- +2[14]
- Length
- +2.5[12]
- Manufacturer
- David Bushnell[6]
- Named after
- Testudines[5]
- Operator
- United States Navy[4]
- Participated in conflict
- American Revolutionary War[8]
- Significant event
- ship launching, ship commissioning[9][10]
🏷️ Also known as
en American Turtle
en Turtle
ar السلحفاة الأمريكية
ar سلحفاة
cs Turtle (ponorka)
es Tortuga
he צב
ja タートル潜水艇
pt Tartaruga
ru «Черепаха»
ru Черепаха
uk Черепаха (підводний човен)
zh 海龜號潛艇
🔖 Identifiers · 6
- Library of Congress authority ID
- no98039814
- GND ID
- 7558233-8
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Turtle model at the Royal navy submarine museum.jpg ↗
- Atlas Obscura place ID
- turtle-submarine-at-connecticut-river-museum
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- topic/Turtle-submarine
- Freebase ID
- /m/0260vw
🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
Significant event 2
Designed by 1
Different from 1
Manufacturer 1
Named after 1
Operator 1
Participated in conflict 1
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Summary
Turtle is a submersible[1].