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Intelligente walvis, een experimentele onderzeeër met de handbediende, werd gebouwd naar het ontwerp van Scovel Sturgis Merriam in 1863 door Augustus Price en Cornelius Scranton Bushnell. In 1864 werd de American Submarine Company opgericht, die de belangen van Bushnell en Price overnam en er volgden jaren van rechtszaken over het eigendom van het vaartuig. Toen de eigendom door een rechtbank werd vastgesteld, werd de onderzeeër op 29 oktober 1869 verkocht door middel van een contract tussen eigenaar Oliver Halstead en minister van Marine George M. Robeson aan het Amerikaanse ministerie van Marine, waarbij het grootste deel van de prijs moest worden betaald na succesvolle proeven. In september 1872 werd de eerste proef gehouden en deze was niet succesvol, waarna het ministerie verdere betalingen weigerde en het project staakte.

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Intelligente walvis was a submarine designed by Oliver Halstead in the 1860s. It was intended to be used by the Union Navy during the American Civil War, but it was never completed or tested. The submarine had a wooden hull covered with iron plates, and was powered by a steam engine that drove a propeller. It had a conning tower with portholes and a hatch, and a ballast tank that could be filled or emptied by pumps. The submarine also had a torpedo tube that could launch a spar torpedo, a weapon that consisted of an explosive charge attached to a long pole. The submarine was 28 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 12 feet high, and could carry a crew of four.
The submarine was built in Newark, New Jersey, by Augustus Price and Cornelius Scranton Bushnell. However, the project faced many delays and difficulties, such as the lack of funds, the interference of the government, and the skepticism of the public. The submarine was launched in 1866, but it never left the dock. It was sold to P.T. Barnum, who exhibited it as a curiosity in his museum. In 1869, the submarine sank in the East River during a storm, and was later salvaged and scrapped.