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What’s Next for the Hunley

The removal this week of the massive steel truss that had surrounded the Confederate submarine CSS H. L. Hunley since it was raised from the sea off Charleston almost a dozen years ago has allowed the first clear view of … Continue reading

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The World’s First Successful Combat Submarine

On the night of February 17, 1864, the CSS H. L. Hunley became the world’s first successful combat submarine when she and her eight-man crew sank the 1240-ton Union sloop USS Housatonic in Charleston’s outer harbor. After sinking the Housatonic, the … Continue reading

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