Category:David Bushnell

**David Bushnell**
	American inventor
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Date of birth	30 August 1742; Connecticut
Date of death	1824; Georgia
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Yale University;
Occupation	inventor; submariner; military personnel;
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David Bushnell (1754–1824), of Westbrook, Connecticut, was an American inventor and a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He is credited with creating the first submarine ever used in combat, while studying at Yale College in 1775. He called it the Turtle because of its look in the water.

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Bushnell Turtle (submarine, 1775)‎ (16 F)

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