HL Hunley - Confederate Submarine (1 Viewer)

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The HL Hunley was a Confederate submarine that has the distinction of being the first submarine to sink an enemy ship.

On February 17, 1864, carrying a torpedo, the Hunley rammed the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, ripping open a hole in the Housatonic. However, as a result, the Hunley sank to the bottom of the Harbor.

After a 14 year search, it was discovered 131 years later by the author Clive Cussler and his team from the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) discovered the submarine after a 14-year search.

The Hunley was finally raised in August 2000.

See the following from the Naval History and Heritage Command for more information:

A report on the recovery operations, just released on February 15, https://www.history.navy.mil/news-a...s-new-research-into-civil-war-sub-hunley.html

The report issues theories on why the Hunley may have sunk. See the Civil War Picket blog, http://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2017/02/hl-hunley-new-report-addresses-6.html

History of the Hunley, https://www.history.navy.mil/resear...s-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley.html

 

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Images of the Hunley.



Drawing of the Hunley



The Hunley



USS Housatonic



Working on the Hunley



Facial reconstruction of the crew

 

[lancer]

Those sailors had real guts to get into the Hunley. Thanks for posting all the info, Brad. -- Al

 

[Go for Broke]

They were gutsy indeed. What bugs me is the soldiers that train and are ready to enter combat, only to perish in bad weather like the those floating tanks on D-Day.

 

[Partner]

I visited the Hunley in Charleston a few years ago.
The crew must have been extremely brave to venture out in such a craft. It is really quite small !
Thanks for posting
Kirk

 

[jazzeum]

Glad to post. Saw the article this morning and thought it might be of interest. Like all of you, I can't imagine getting into one of those, let alone a WW II sub. The men of the Hunley were indeed brave.