The saga of the submarine is one of overcoming tremendous technical problems. It began on April 11. 1900. when the U.S. Navy purchased a 54foot "steel submarine torpedo boat" for $150.000. The story of the first U.S. submarine began in the village of Liscannor. County Clare. Ireland. where a young schoolteacher named John Philip Holland spent most of his spare time sketching plans for a submersible vessel. In 1872. Holland emigrated to the United States and began teaching in Paterson. N.J. He also began building submarines. financing them through savings from his salary and personally testing them in the Passaic River.
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