Voyage of the Turtle

This replica of the “Turtle” submarine was built in 2003, using the tools and technology that would have been available to David Bushnell in 1775-1776. It was tested and proven seaworthy in open water.

How would you like to go underwater in a hand-powered wooden submarine, big enough to hold only one person, to try and blow up an enemy ship? That’s what Sergeant Ezra Lee did near New York City in September 1776, when he tried out an American invention that later became known as the Turtle.

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