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What Was The First Military Submarine Ever And How Did It Work?

In August 1776, with the ink barely dry on the Declaration of Independence, the British Navy filled New York Harbor and the surrounding waters with 400 warships and 23,000 troops, establishing ...
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The Story Behind 'The Turtle': America's First Submarine

The musket fire that rang out and broke the tension at Lexington on April 19, 1775, became the "shot heard round the world" and kicked off a revolution — The American Revolution. The famous war saw 13 ...
PBS

The World’s First Combat Submarine

Its nickname was the “Turtle”. During the American Revolution, an American inventor developed an underwater vessel that could destroy British ships by attaching a bomb to the hull of a ship. These are ...
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Subadult loggerhead sea turtle returns to Atlantic Ocean in Florida after rehabilitation

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A rehabilitated sea turtle was released back into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach Wednesday morning. Willow, a subadult loggerhead, was set free in the area behind the ...
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Loggerhead Marinelife Center plans release of two rehabilitated sea turtles

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Two sea turtles are set to be released on Wednesday after making a full recovery after months of intensive care. The Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) said two subadult ...
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Leatherback turtle dives deeper than a Navy sub, smashing world record in the process

Earlier this year, the Western Pacific leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) left a nesting site in the Solomon Islands and dove 4,409 feet (1,344 meters) beneath the ocean surface, according to the ...