Submarine in the Works

Submarine in the Works is one of the newspaper articles found in Red Dead Redemption 2.

A MODERN TRAVEL.
WILL BE POWERED BY STEAM.

SIMILAR TO 1860'S SOUTHERN NAVY MODEL.

Jack Yanner was only ten when the War Between the States ended, but he remembers the stories of how Southern ingenuity resulted in the invention of an underwater boat, or submarine, named the H.T. Abernathy, that played a part in the war. Under a contract with the US Navy, Yanner is currently working on a submarine based off the original design, but rather than being human powered, it moves via internal combustion engine while on the surface of the water and electrical power when submerged.

He hopes when it is completed in 1900 it will be the first submarine commissioned by the Navy. While the Abernathy killed two crews during testing and ultimately sank during battle when it was to close to its own torpedo explosion, it did ultimately sink the Northerners' navy ship. There are also plans to possibly power the new design with steam, similar to a competing submarine currently in development in France.