Confederate submarine discovered by the US government in 1878.

Known as the “Bayou St. John submarine”, this vessel was discovered when the Bayou St. John, in New Orleans was dredged by the US Government in 1878. For years, the vessel was thought to be the Confederate submarine Pioneer, but research in the 20th century showed it was of a different design. There is no surviving documentation from the Civil War about the construction of this submarine. It was presumably scuttled by the Confederacy during the Civil War when the Union capture of New Orleans was immanent.

It is being displayed in New Orleans in this picture, with what appears to be a local policeman in the photo.

Wikipedia page.

AceFuzzLord, (edited )

It never ceases to amaze me just how old the first submarines ever made are/were. They feel like something that shouldn’t even be possible to have been made before the 20th century. Definitely might have to read up on this.

setsneedtofeed,
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I was originally going to post about the HL Hunley, which was also deployed during the Civil War. It was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship. I got distracted when I came across this submarine while making the post.

The U.S. Civil War was a time of rapid transition from Napoleonic to “modern” war.

NABDad,

If Civil War submarines amaze you, the Revolutionary War submarine should knock your socks off.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(submersible)

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