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Connecticut Launched the First Combat Submarine in 1776 #connecticut #submarine #history In 1776, near Charles Island in Milford, Connecticut, the world’s first combat submarine prepared for action. Designed by Yale student David Bushnell, the Turtle was a pedal-powered wooden sub armed with a 150-pound explosive. Piloted by Ezra Lee, it approached the British flagship undetected but failed to attach the bomb. Though the mission failed, Bushnell’s invention pioneered submarine warfare. A replica