Remembering the Revolution: How a Connecticut invention became the world’s first combat submarine @thedayct
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Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of Remembering the Revolution, sponsored by the Connecticut River Museum, John Penney and John Ruddy explore the story of the Turtle, the one-man submarine invented by Saybrook native David Bushnell during the Revolutionary War.

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