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    David Bushnell

    American inventor who built the "Turtle" submersible (1740–1824/1826)

    For the historian, see David Bushnell (historian). For the entrepreneur, see David P.

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    David Bushnell

    Born(1740-08-30)August 30, 1740

    Westbrook, Connecticut

    Died1824/1826

    Warrenton

    NationalityAmerican
    OccupationInventor
    Known forBuilding "Turtle" submersible

    David Bushnell (August 30, 1740 – 1824 or 1826), of Westbrook, Connecticut, was an American inventor, a patriot, a teacher, and a medical doctor.

    Bushnell invented the first submarine to be used in battle, Turtle, as well as a floating mine triggered by contact. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.

    Early life

    David Bushnell was born in a secluded part of Saybrook, Connecticut on 30 August 1740 and baptized in 1753 into a farming family in what is now Westbrook, Connecticut where his parents Nehemiah Bushnell and Sarah (Susan) Ingham Bushnell owned a farm.[1] He