A magnanprojects handout photograph dated 03 August 2007 shows officers from the New York City Harbor Patrol load ' The Acorn ', a replica of a Revolutionary War era submarine , onto a flatbed truck in Brooklyn , New York , USA . The submarine was built and manned by Duke Riley , a performance artist , who spent five months crafting what he believed to be the first submarine to see action in New York Harbor during the Revolutionary War . Mr . Riley and two friends where taken into custody and given citations for unsafe boating . EPA / HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE < 저작권자 ⓒ 2007 연 합 뉴 스 . 무단 전재 - 재 배포 금지 . >