Argonaut Junior

The Argonaut Junior was the first successful submarine built by engineer Simon Lake. Her main attribute like that of the sub in built by Lake in 1897 Argonaut (submarine); was an air lock. Her dimensions were length 14ft, beam 4 ft, depth 5 ft.cite book | last =Corbin | first =Thomas W. Corbin | title =The Romance of Submarine Engineering: Containing Interesting | publisher =Seeley, Service & co., ltd. | date =1913 | location =Original from the New York Public Library | pages =Page 109 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=xGAJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA109&dq=%22Argonaut+Junior%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA109,M1 | doi = | id = ] cite book | last =Herbert C. Fyfe, Edward James Reed | title =Submarine Warfare, Past and Present | publisher =E.G. Richards | date =1907 | location =Original from the University of California | pages =Page 288 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=mJxDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA288&dq=%22Argonaut+Junior%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA288,M1 | doi = | id = ] Different sources incorrectly identify "Argonaut No 1", and "Argonaut No 2" as the name of this vessel. "Argonaut No 1" was built in 1897 and is 36 feet in length, "Argonaut No 2" was a reconstruction of "Argonaut No 1" finishing in 1900 with a length of 60 feet and significantly different profile.cite web | title =Argonauts | work = | publisher =The Simon Lake Submarine Web Site | date =2003 | url =http://www.simonlake.com/html/argonauts.html | format =web | doi = | accessdate = 2008-01-28 ]

The Argonaut Junior was built as a prototype by Lake after he was unfavorably received by the U.S. Navy. It was triangular, made of wood (Yellow Pine), and had three wheels to keep it from getting stuck to the sea bottom. She moved along the bottom of Sandy Hook Bay by one or two men cranking the axle of the two driving wheels. Which sufficient air pressure in the cabin, a bottom door (air lock) could be opened and no water would come into the boat. Then by putting on a pair of rubber boots the operator could walk around on the sea bottom and push the boat along with him and pick up objects from the sea bottom. cite book | last =Lake | first =Simon | title =The Submarine in War and Peace: | publisher =J.B. Lippincott company | date =1918 | location =Original from Harvard University | pages =Page 125 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=U1gl_Ur39lMC&pg=PA299&dq=%22Argonaut+Junior%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA125,M1 | doi = | id = ] cite book | last =Doubleday | first =Russell | title =The Boy's Book of Inventions:The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers | publisher =Doubleday, Page & co. | date =1905 | location =Original from the University of California | pages =Page 37 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=I2RAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA172&dq=%22Argonaut+Junior%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA172,M1 | doi = | id = ] cite book | last =Baker | first =Ray Stannard | title =The Boy's Book of Inventions: Stories of the Wonders of Modern Science | publisher =Doubleday & McClure co. | date =1899 | location =Original from the New York Public Library | pages =Page 38 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=vSEJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR9&dq=%22Argonaut+Junior%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA39,M1 | doi = | id = ] cite book | last =Bishop | first =Farnham | title =The Story of the Submarine | publisher =The Century co. | date =1916 | location =Original from the University of Michigan | pages =Page 84 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=nSEMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR14&dq=%22Argonaut+Junior%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA85,M1 | doi = | id = ]

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* [http://www.simonlake.com/html/argonauts.html The Simon Lake Submarine Web Site]