The H.L. Hunley became the first submarine to successfully attack an enemy ship in combat when it sank the wooden ship USS Housatonic on February 17, 1864. The Confederate vessel disappeared with ...

To complete its mission the Hunley would need to approach its target closely, then use this spar to press the charge directly against the side of the enemy’s hull. On the deck of the USS ...

On Feb. 17, 1864, outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, a Confederate submarine known as the H.L. Hunley sank a 1,200-ton Union warship, the USS Housatonic. It was the first combat submarine ...

It was a cold, dark, moonlit February night during the Civil War in 1864 when The Hunley, a submarine of The Confederate States of America, attacked and sank the 1240- short ton USS Housatanic ...

The H.L. Hunley was the first-ever combat submarine to sink a warship. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. James Speicher talked about the service, sinking, and recovery of the ...

The Confederate Navy’s Hunley was the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, sending the USS Housatonic to the ocean floor in February 1864. Five members of the Union vessel died; 150 others ...

"A lot of mechanisms you see in the Hunley submarine were applied later on." With its joints, moving parts and more then 5,000 rivets, the Hunley required its share of maintenance and tools to ...