Site delves deep into history, raising of Hunley submarine.(LIFE - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)(WEBWISE)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: January 23, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Joseph Szadkowski, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Lt. George Dixon and the eight men he led boarded an experimental vessel, the H.L. Hunley, at the Charleston Harbor in South Carolina on Feb. 17, 1864. That day would be remembered for the first successful use of a

submarine in naval warfare. Their mission was to sink an enemy ship, the USS Housatonic, during the waning days of the Civil War.

The Hunley succeeded by ramming a torpedo into the hull of its Union opponent, but after the crew signaled comrades on shore of their success, the submarine and crew disappeared ...

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