Simon Lake was the United States other prolific submarine inventor of the late 19th and early 20th century. John P. Holland being the other. here is a picture of Simon Lake and his early submarine Argonaut I. this submarine as you can see had wheels. it was designed to roll along on the bottom of a body of water and did so successfully many times. it also had an air lock from which divers could issue forth. powered both on the surface and underwater by a gasoline engine which drew its air from tubes extending to the surface. for extended use at depth compressed air was also available. the boat could stay on the bottom for 24 hours. Lake actually made a cruise in the open ocean from Norfolk, VA to Sandy Hook, NJ. during the cruise he ran on the surface and under water, at one time submerging to ride out a storm on the ocean's bottom. Lake made a fortune from salvaging sunken ships with his submarines. the USN bought a few submarines from Lake but mostly used the Holland type from Electric Boat Company.
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