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(WHTM) — April 11 is National Submarine Day, commemorating the day in 1900 that the U.S. Navy purchased the U.S.S. Holland, their first practical submarine. The key term here is “practical.” The U.S. Navy owned three submarines before Holland. In the 1860s, during the Civil War, the Union Navy had the U.S.S. Alligator, a 47-foot-long […]

Meet the American who is "the father of the modern submarine." The first U.S. and British submarines, the USS Holland and HMS Holland, were the designs of John Philip Holland.

The incredible tale of Irish man John Philip Holland and how he came to invent the submarine.