Talk:Turtle (submarine)

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What is the size of this submarine in the metric system?

[edit] Not "American"

Technically, Turtle (submarine) is not of the USA. The United States had not been created at the time of the turtle. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 16:44, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Technically, it was in service AFTER July 4, 1776, and therefore is USA. 132.205.95.43 01:52, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
    • Except, "technically", there was no United States of America until the Contitution was ratified in 1787 or so. Don't mind me... just being evil. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 15:00, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
      • Except it's retroactively USA, because July 4th 1776 is recognized as the day of birth of the USA, even if it's actually when Great Britain deigned to recognize the colonies independant. 132.205.44.131 00:31, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Propellors

In an article in Archaeology Magazine about the Turtle, it stated the screw propellors were anachronistic; the sketch is incorrect. If the author could provide a citation for the use of those propellors, that'd be great; otherwise the reference should really be deleted. Greyscale 03:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

This is interesting. About.com has a copy of the picture we are using here and a different picture with a different kind of propellor here See also this page which has pictures of both versions on the same page. Gzuckier 18:54, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cited

News This article has been cited as a source by a media organisation. See the 2005 press source article for details.

The source is from the Orlando Sentinel, October 21, 2005.
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