The Turtle Submarine 1776, was the date of its first attack. It's target, the British 64-gun HMS Eagle-flagship of Admiral “Black Dick” Howe. The ship, under command of Capt. Henry Duncan, was moored with the rest of the British ships just north of Staten Island.
Category: American Secrets
20Jun
The Bushnell Turtle Submarine, was invented by David Bushnell in 1776.. He began the submarine revolution in the United States, when he started experimenting with explosives underwater. By the time hostilities arose between the colonies and Great Britain, Bushnell had perfected his explosives.
14Feb
The Japanese Model '31 Cipher Machine, led to a diplomatic machine known to the U.S. Army as RED. Another machine designed for the Japanese Navy was known as Naval Attache RED or the “M-1.” Agnes Myer Driscoll, Technical Assistant to the Officer in Charge, solved the complex code by 1935.
12Feb
The Japanese RED BOOK codes, were followed in December 1930 by 85,000 code groups of the so-called Japanese Naval Codes List, Blue Book. Since no copies of the BLUE BOOK was available, it was left up to the cryptanalyst s to solve it. At the suggestion of Agnes Driscoll, LT. J.G, Thomas Dryer was given the task and solved the problem.
11Feb
RED BOOK, part of Operation Magic, was a Secret code-breaking project, meant to monitor, intercept & decode Japanese messages. It was run by the Army's Signal Intelligence Section (SIS), and the Navy's Communication Special Unit.