the turtle was built in 1775
Until 1959, the Triton, one of the first-generation Nuclear subs was the longest, and the first US submarine to have two independent reactors. She measured 447 ft 6 in (136.40 m) overall. Then, the longest current class of submarine, the Ohio-class, at 560 ft (170 m), was built, and is now the longest submarine in the US Navy.
The first navigable submarine was built in 1620 in England by Cornelius Drebbel using English mathematician William Bourne's plans from 1578. America (not the US back then) used the first submarine, built by American Colonist David Bushnell in 1776.
Though the first American submarine was the Revolutionary War's Turtle, the U.S. Navy did not exist at that time.The U.S. Navy's first submarine, the USS Alligator, was built in 1862, and active in the Civil War.The USS Holland (SS-1), was the U.S. Navy's first commissioned submarine, had her keel officially laid down at Electric Boat in November, 1896. She was commissioned in October 1900.
One of the first instances of lost US lives in WW1, and introduced the US to unrestricted submarine warfare; as well as a public cry against UN-restricted sub warfare.
The US submarine Nautilus.
The submarine you are thinking about was the USS Nautilus. It was the world's first nuclear powered submarine and commissioned into the US Navy in 1955
German submarine sinks the British passenger boat Lusitiana, killing a few Americans, this led the US close to ww1
WWII US Gato class subs could be built in 9 months.
Marines
There is NO submarine called 'Typhoon' in the US Navy, nor has there ever been. Typhoon is a Russian nuclear submarine. -The current USS Typhoon is a 370 ton Cyclone class patrol launch..
The US revolutionary war