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Turtle: David Bushnell's Revolutionary Vessel by Roy R. Manstan, Frederic J. Frese (Paperback, 2016)

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At the onset of the American Revolution, the British expected to quell the rebellion quickly with a show of overwhelming force. In an experiment in asymmetric warfare, David Bushnell created the first submarine vessel designed specifically for the destruction of vessels of war. On a quiet September night in 1776, sergeant Ezra Lee maneuvered Bushnell's strange little craft out from Manhattan and into the midst of the greatest naval fleet ever assembled in the Americas. Lee's goal was to sink the British flagship HMS Eagle by attaching a powerful explosive to its hull. Although the mission was unsuccessful, Bushnell's concept of submarine warfare was considered by George Washington to have been an effort of genius. David Bushnell was raised in the town of Saybrook at the mouth of the Connecticut River. More than two centuries later, ather Turtle would be launched into the same river within sight of Bushnell's first forays with his vessel during the summer of 1775. Under the direction of technical arts teacher Frederic J.Frese, students at Old Saybrook High School created a working replica of Bushnell's submarine, facilitated through an education partnership with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, Rhode Island, where Roy R. Manstan was a mechanical engineer and Navy trained diver. With twenty-first century submariners at the helm, the Turtle replica was subjected to a series of operational tests at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. In Turtle: David Bushnell's Revolutionary Vessel, the authors provide new insight into Bushnell's engine of devastation, tracing the history of undersea warfare before Bushnell and the origin of the many invations Bushnell understood would be necessary for conducting a covert submarine attack. The kwledge gained from testing the Turtle replica enabled the authors to speculate as to what America's first submariner Ezra Lee experienced that September night and what may have caused the attack to fail. Roy R. Manstan and Frederic J. Frese

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Publisher
Westholme Publishing, U.S.
ISBN-10
1594162573
ISBN-13
9781594162572
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221877149

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Author
Roy R. Manstan, Frederic J. Frese
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Military History
Type
Textbook

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Weight
544g
Height
152mm
Width
234mm

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Place of Publication
Yardley
Spine
23mm
Content Note
100 B/w Illus., Maps
Author Biography
ROY R. MANSTAN is a mechanical engineer and former Command Diving Officer of the NUWC. He has degrees from Lafayette College, the University of Connecticut, and Connecticut College. FREDERIC J. FRESE is a technical arts teacher at Old Saybrook High School. He received his teaching degree from Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication
30/05/2016
Genre
Military History
Country of Publication
United States

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