When is National Submarine Day?
Tuesday April 11thOn April 11th, the United States Navy's first modern commissioned submarine was launched on the day. The Holland VI, the Navy's first modern submarine, was launched on April 11, 1900, on April 11, 1900.
The Holland VI, which was designed by Irish-American entrepreneur John Phillip Holland in 1896, was launched in 1897 at Navy Lt. Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Holland VI was later purchased by the United States Navy on April 11, 1900. (SS-1): The Navy renamed it the USS Holland as the military's first deployed submarine (SS-1).
In the United States, Submarine history has long existed.. David Bushnell built America's first submarine, the Turtle, during the Revolutionary War period. Several attempts to sink British ships were unsuccessful, but no one was able to sink British ships. At the time, the US Navy did not exist, so the Turtle was not the Navy's first submarine at the time, so it wasn't the Navy's first submarine at the time. The USS Alligator was the first known U.S. Navy submarine. It's also the fourth United States Navy ship of that name. During the American Civil War, the Alligator was present in the American Civil War.
Submarine Day is observed in Elsewhere in the world, on March 17th.
