biography
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| lived:
| (1866–1945)
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| biography:
| Engineer and inventor, born in Pleasantville, New Jersey, USA. Interested in designing underwater vessels, he competed with John Holland's design in 1893, and launched his gasoline-engine-powered Argonaut, which became the first submarine to successfully operate in the open sea (1898). He established the Lake Torpedo Boat Co in Bridgeport, CT (1900), and the US government bought his submarine Seal in 1911. He also worked as a submarine consultant to the Russian, German, and British governments. |
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