Warship : Submarines (2001)

Genres - War, Historical Film  |   Sub-Genres - Military & War, Vehicles & Transportation  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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"Submarines" (Part 3) traces the history of "the ultimate stealth platform" back to the American Revolution, when a submersible named the Turtle attacked a British ship in New York harbor. The attack failed. In the Civil War, a Confederate "machine of desperation" called the Hunley did sink a Union vessel but it itself sank shortly thereafter. The hour also profiles Irishman John P. Holland, "the father of the modern submarine," whose innovations were co-opted by the British and the Germans.

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ballistics, missile, sea-battle, submarine, war, warship