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Topical Budget 103-2: The First Electric Submarine (1913)
 

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"FIRST ELECTRIC SUBMARINE. The latest weapon of naval warfare launched at the Mare Island Navy Yard, San Francisco, California". The submarine, decorated with flags, flows into the water. It drifts out and is held back by a rope. In the background there are two clippers. The submarine is pulled to a quay with a tugboat pushing from behind.