The missile was fired from the deck of the submarine USS Barbero towards the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida, and completed its 700-mile flight in just 22 minutes.
The United States entered the First World War after Congress declared war on the German Empire.
H. L. Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship when it attacked the Union Navy warship USS Housatonic.
Nuclear propulsion enabled Nautilus to smash numerous records including those for both submerged speed and distance, and became the first submarine to transit the North Pole in August 1958.
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