![]() The boat’s official sponsor, Princess Teecomwas, Chief Occum’s daughter (Myrtice Fielding Germaine), is holding a bouquet of roses and the ribbon-decorated bottle of Champagne. Chief Occum (Lemuel Fielding), at left, is standing next to his niece, Loretta Fielding Schultz. Movie cameras rolling for the Mohegan dignitaries: A Mohegan delegation added to the excitement surrounding the S-48’s christening. Wikimedia Commons Show More Show Less 3 of20 His life’s goal was to create underwater boats for peaceful exploration and recovery missions. Genius inventor Simon Lake: Having experimented with wooden submersibles during the 1890s, Simon Lake (1866-1945) is credited with developing the first submarine capable of operating in the open sea. Courtesy of the Naval History & Heritage Command Show More Show Less 2 of20 26, 1921, a large crowd trudged through the boatyard’s snowy grounds to witness the christening of Bridgeport’s latest sub. ![]()
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