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Turtle submarine lore and 1776 Connecticut inventor
New York reports on David Bushnell and the Turtle a seaworthy submarine built in Connecticut Its 1776 mission to sink Adm Richard Howe failed as Ezra Lee misjudged tides and engine issues delayed the attack The craft faced British wary hulls and its loss after a sloop carried it away From Yale to Poverty Island Bushnell inspired by Franklin’s experiments and Washington's praise the venture marked early submarine history though it did not sink ships
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New York
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
David Bushnell
Atriot
Westbrook
Conn
River Bushnell
New York Harbor
Turtle
Richard Howe
Ezra Lee
Bushnell
Lee
Washington
Jefferson
Frederick Wagner
Connecticut River
Yale
Ashnell
New Haven
Nathan Hale
Poverty Island
Benjamin Franklin
Simon
Samuel Osgood
Franklin
Boston
Navy Submarine Museum
Groton
Dick’ Howe
Governor's Island