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Submarine from the 1500s to 2008

Submarine from the 1500s to 2008. What is a submarine?. A submarine is a watercraft that can operate independently below water, as distinct from a submersible that has only limited underwater capability. Submarine 1500. The first useful submarines began in the 19 th century

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Submarine from the 1500s to 2008

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  1. Submarine from the 1500s to 2008

  2. What is a submarine? • A submarine is a watercraft that can operate independently below water, as distinct from a submersible that has only limited underwater capability.

  3. Submarine 1500 • The first useful submarines began in the 19th century • civil war, Confederates built H.L Hunley, that sunk Union ship • submarine called Housatonic built in 1864 • First American submarine is as old as the United States • David Bushnell a Yale graduate designed and built a submarine torpedo boat in 1776 • “The most sensational contribution pf patriot and inventor David Bushnell to the American Revolution War effort was the world’s first functioning Submarine”

  4. The Cigar shaped Nautilus Submarine. The first submersible to have separate propulsion systems for surfaced Submerged operations Also carried flasks of compressed air that permitted the Two man crew to remain submerged for five hours The William Bauer 1850. German submarine: sank in 55 feet The Hunley invented in 1864. 1995 the Hunley was found four miles off Sullivan Islands South Carolina valuable weapon in time The Horace Lawson Hunley 1823-1863. It was born in Sumner County Tennessee on December 29, 1823. Test drove it December 15, 1863 and it failed. On February 17, 1864 after it has been raised given a new crew H.L. Hunley first Submarine to successfully attack an enemy warship when she sank USS Housatonic off Charleston Name of some Submarines invented in the 1700-1863

  5. The Turtle Submarine Uses as a weapon, The Cigar shaped Nautilus Submarine, The William Bauer 1850,The Hunley invented in 1864, The Horace Lawson Hunley 1823-1863

  6. Sea wolf-class SSN Size: 353 feet long by 40 feet wide, displacing 9,150 tons submerged, crew of 134 Propulsion and Speed: One nuclear reactor; 25+ knots (28+ m.p.h.) Mission: Seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. Sea wolf was designed to be the quietest and best-armed sub with twice the weapons of the Los Angeles class. Ohio-Class SSBN Size: 560 feet long by 42 feet wide, displacing 18,750 tons submerged, crew of 155 Propulsion and Speed: One nuclear reactor; 20+ knots (23+ m.p.h.) Mission: Nuclear deterrence. These subs can launch many nuclear missiles even after a sneak attack and can remain hidden underwater for months at a time. Also armed with torpedoes for self-defense. Submarines in 2000-2008

  7. USS Greeneville 2000,USS Dolphin 2002, USS San Francisco grounding 2005, The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Incident 2006

  8. Where I got my information from. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_submarine_incidents_since_2000 • http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/Submarines_5.htm • http://www.navy.com/about/shipsequipment/submariners/equipment/

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