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355k | Launching of the Fulton at Nixon's Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey on 13 June 1901. | Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Photo by Daily Public Ledger. (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 13 June 1901, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Photo courtesy of militaryhonors via Ron Reeves (of blessed memory). | |
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3.00k | ALL NIGHT UNDER THE SEA. CREW OF THE FULTON AFTER TEST SAY THEY COULD LIVE COMFORTABLY AS LONG AS FOOD WOULD LAST. SUBMARINE BOAT SURPASSES FONDEST DREAMS. |
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 25 November 1901, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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2.26k | DREAMS OF FICTION ALL ECLIPSED BY AN ACTUAL SUBMARINE WONDER Stays Under Water Fifteen Hours and Her Crew Does Not Even Know a Great Storm Is Raging |
Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 25 November 1901, Night Edition, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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NR | MEN WHO SPENT A NIGHT UNDER WATER IN THE SUBMARINE BOAT FULTON. Standing from left to right: JOHN WILSON, mate, FRANK T. CABLE, captain; H. H. MORRELL, electrician: LIEUTENANT MACARTHUR, standing. JOHN SAUNDERS, engineer and CHARLES BERGH, boatswain, seated. |
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 29 November 1901, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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3.02k | TORPEDO BOAT FULTON, REMAINS UNDER WATER FOR A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN HOURS. HOLLAND SUBMARINE BOAT AS IT APPEARS UNDER WATER. |
Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo from Dakota Farmers' Leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 20 December 1901, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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769k | Trial of the Fulton at Greenport. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 11 September 1904, Image 25, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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1.37k | SUBMARINE FLEET OF NINE BOATS SOON TO BE READY FOR UNCLE SAM The submarine boat Fulton breaking through ice in Peconic Bay. |
Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Evening World.(New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 01 February 1902, Night Edition, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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2.82k | Submarine Boat Fulton to cross the Atlantic under her own power. "I would sooner go in her than in a liner," said Capt. Frank T. Cable. |
Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo from The Appeal.(Saint Paul, Minn.;) 1889-19??, 15 February 1902, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 327k | Circa 1903-04 photo of the Porpoise (SS-07) inboard and the never commissioned Fulton outboard, along with a number of other submarines in the background. The Fulton was shipped to Russia in June of 1904 aboard the English freighter Menantic bound for St. Petersburg and then ended up via rail in Vladivostok. | Text i.d. courtesy of Ric Hedman. USN photo, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. |
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1.03k | Fulton keeps the seas. Submarine boat stands a severe test in high waves. |
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 11 June 1904, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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1.50k | The Development of the Submarine In Naval Warfare; Tiny Craft Which May Put Battleships Out of Commission. The Fulton & Protector are shown. |
Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from Deseret Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 13 July 1904, Last Edition, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 514k | Tank layout of the Adder class submarine by Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department August 1904. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 115k | Fulton about to be loaded on a barge to begin its journey to Russia. | Text & photo courtesy of pbs.org/wgbh/nova. | |
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655k | The Fulton, U. S. Navy's First Submarine CONTRASTED WITH MODERN SUBMERSIBLES ALL DEVELOPED ALONG LINES THE FULTON PROVED PRACTICABLE SIXTEEN YEARS AGO |
Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Evening World. (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 20 June 1918, Final Edition, Image 18, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
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220k | Wreck of the former Fulton in Russian service, 2014. | Image and text provided by Last Dive "Soma" courtesy of Andrey Kazurov. | |
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Submarines of the Russian and Soviet navies, 1718-1990 By Norman Polmar, Jurrien Noot
Som class submarine @wikipedia.org
Through the Looking Glass, a Historic Look at Submarines
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