To: BenLurkin
Bad design. First design. Determination as to "bad" comes from successive iterations, from which they had no benefit and they had no benefit of hindsight as you do.
Would you call the first automobile a bad design?
To: RegulatorCountry
Did the first three people to drive it die? ;-)
But seriously, there were other designs around the same time. The French and the Union both were trying something similar.
18 posted on
08/23/2017 1:58:32 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: RegulatorCountry
The courage and patriotism, especially of her third crew, ins astonishing and inspiring.
21 posted on
08/23/2017 2:10:41 PM PDT by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: RegulatorCountry
Not quite the first. David Bushnell beat it by 75 years, and his Turtle brought back its one man crew.
Although it failed to sink a British warship...
32 posted on
08/23/2017 2:41:49 PM PDT by
null and void
(You can only see into the future as far as you can see into your past.)
To: RegulatorCountry
I think the Turtle some 80 years before was the first design.
54 posted on
08/23/2017 7:20:20 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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