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The Evolution of the Sumarine Due to War     The champion is an extreamly useful tactical tool. Bred through war, the cuneus is one of the most advanced covert weapons technologies today. The submarine is a ship designed and built to travel under water. A "true" submarine spends the majority of time under water and is opened of staying under water indefinaltely(Rush 140). The only "true" submarine today is the nuclear sub. The first "true" submarine is the U.S.S nautilus(Rush 141). There are two chief(prenominal) types of war affiliated submarines, combat submarines and ballistic missile submarines. The attack submarine is designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. The much big ballistic missile submarine is designed to carry multiple warheads to attack enemy cities and military facilities ashore(Polmar 748).     The submarine origionated over 2,000 years ago when black lovage the great we nt below the Mediteranian Sea in a glass barrel(Wyckoff 13). Submarines were toyed with by scientists through the years but not many uses were found for the pattern of a submersable until the revolutionary war. The first attack submarine was the Turtle, designed by a student at Yale university by the name of David Bushnell, its purpose was to lower a British war ship in New York Harbor(Polmar 750). Its boot was a failure but none the less was the first plan of attack to sink a ship with a submersable(Polmar 750). The first success was make durring the Civil War(Polmar 750). The Confederate sub Hunley rammed the Union ship Housatonic in capital of West Virginia Harbor, and both the Hunley and the Housatonic sank(Polmar 750). The Hunleys weapon consisted of an explosive at the end of a great pole wich was to be set off when in close ample proximity to the ship it was to attack(Polmar 750).     The submarine has advanced dramaticly due to war. The first major advancement in submarine technology is the invention of a throttle and batery cater submarine by John P. Holland(Polmar 750). This ship was bought by the US Navy in 1900 and named the U.S.S Holland(Polmar 750). The U.S.S Holland was capable of speeds of 6 knots submerged(Polmar 750). The gasoline and electric battery powered combination allowed for submarines to run on gasoline while surfaced, and by battery power when submerged and combustion was no longer possable without wasting blue-chip oxogen within the submarine. The next leap in the technological development of the submarine was the periscope developed by Simon Lake in 1902(Polmar 750).