Attack Turtle; The World’s First Attack Submarine. Attack Turtle：世界第一艘攻击性潜艇

Attack Turtle was invented in 1776 during the Revolutionary war with England.
Attack Turtle在1776年美国与英国的革命战争重被研发出来。

The technology used in the original design is still in being used in today’s most advanced submarines.
用于初始设计的科技现如今仍在高端潜艇中被使用。

“The one-man vessel submerged by admitting water into the hull and surfaced by pumping it out with a hand pump. Powered by a pedal-operated propeller and armed with a keg of [gun] powder, the egg-shaped Turtle gave Revolutionary Americans high hopes for a secret weapon.”单人潜水艇通过使水涌入船身直到大部分船体淹没在水下，上浮时用手泵将水抽出。这时候的潜水艇的动力来源于脚踏船桨，并用一桶火药来武装自己。这种蛋形的潜水艇给予了处于革命期的美国人厚望，并把他当作秘密武器。
http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/threads/turtle-the-first-american-submarine.11933/

Those same concepts are the very basis of modern submersibles. Technology today has allowed for nuclear powered subs that never need to surface except to resupply.
这些同样的概念是现代潜水艇的基础。今天的技术已经允许使用核能源作为动力来源，不需要表面除补给潜艇。

The Turtle however was slow, hand powered and rather awkward to use. The plan for this secret weapon was to use it in the cover of night and creep up to the British ships. Connected to the outside of the Turtle was large keg of gun powder. A device inside allowed the pilot to screw it into the hull of the British ship.
然而这种潜艇的行驶速度非常的缓慢，毕竟是靠人力发电。这个秘密武器的计划是在黑夜的掩护中使用，让他靠近英国的船只。连接到潜艇外面的火药桶。内部的装置可以使飞行员将火药桶用螺丝固定在英国船的船体中。

**The plan failed but the Turtle submarine was a total success. ** Once the Turtle arrived at the stern of the ship the pilot began to screw in the keg. For some baffling reason the screw was not strong enough to drill into the hull of the ship.
这项计划失败了，但这种潜水艇本身则是一个完全成功的计划。一旦潜艇抵达船尾驾驶员开始拧在火药桶。但出于什么原因螺丝不足以钻入船体。

After many failed attempts and with the sun about to rise he gave up and went back to shore. Having not attached the device and having it detonate by timer, the mission’s goal of disabling a British ship failed.
经过多次失败的尝试，而且太阳即将升起，他放弃了并且回到了岸上。附加装置没有成功固定在船体上并且没有定时器来引爆，摧毁英国船只的任务失败了。

However the Turtle proved its value. The first attack submarine actually did what it set out to do. He dove under water and resurfaced by pumping water into and out of the Turtle. Success and the path to total nuclear domination had started.
然而，这次试验证明了它的价值。第一艘攻击性潜艇确实做了它要做的事。他潜入水下又通过手泵将水排出浮出水面。核武器的全面控制已经全面开启。

Credits:
http://www.handshouse.org/press/
http://ussnautilus.org/blog/the-attack-of-the-turtle/
http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/threads/turtle-the-first-american-submarine.11933/