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The Mohawk Valley Path Through History begins with the Revolutionary War - the sites and events related to this period in history.
World's first submarine attack
On this day in 1776, during the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare.