CSS Hunley
The CSS Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States of America. The Hunley made her only attack against an enemy ship on a cold night in 1864 approximately 5 miles offshore. She successfully sank the USS Housatonic using a spar torpedo. The Hunley and her crew went missing and would not be seen again for over 100 years.
In 1995, a team led by New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler discovered the Hunley in only 30 feet of water in Charleston Harbor. The submarine was raised and taken to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center, where she remains today, undergoing conservation.
Despite sinking three times previous and kiling twenty one of her own crew, including her designer and principle financier, Horace L. Hunley, the Hunley made history.
On February 17th, 1864, the H. L. Hunley became the world's first successful combat submarine.
CSS Hunley
The CSS Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States of America. The Hunley made her only attack against an enemy ship on a cold night in 1864 approximately 5 miles offshore. She successfully sank the USS Housatonic using a spar torpedo. The Hunley and her crew went missing and would not be seen again for over 100 years.
In 1995, a team led by New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler discovered the Hunley in only 30 feet of water in Charleston Harbor. The submarine was raised and taken to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center, where she remains today, undergoing conservation.
Despite sinking three times previous and kiling twenty one of her own crew, including her designer and principle financier, Horace L. Hunley, the Hunley made history.
On February 17th, 1864, the H. L. Hunley became the world's first successful combat submarine.