For more than a century, the CSS Hunley rested at the bottom of the ocean just outside Charleston harbor, its crew entombed, its hull gradually encased in hardening encrustations. When it was raised ...

(North Charleston-AP) June 25, 2004 - Scientists still don't know why the Confederate submarine Hunley sank 140 years ago, a short time after becoming the first sub to sink an enemy warship. The ...

For 131 years, the CSS H.L. Hunley and its crew went unrecovered. The Confederate submarine was one of the most important naval artifacts in U.S. history. But its location was somewhere in the murky, ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — Capt. George E. Dixon was determined to sink the USS Housatonic, located at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and help break the Union blockade. On the night of Feb 17, 1864, he ...

What: Underwater archaeologist Ralph Wilbanks and partners found and raised the Confederate submarine the CSS Hunley. He is a featured speaker at this year's show. When: 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday; 1, 3 ...

Tom was there for the coverage of the H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine, being recovered and raised off the coast of Charleston. “I’ve always been a history buff and really got into the coverage of ...

(Charleston) Aug. 8, 2000 - The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was brought into the port of Charleston after being lifted from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean off Sullivans Island on Tuesday ...

The 150th anniversary of the CSS Hunley becoming the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship will be celebrated Feb. 14-17 in Charleston, S.C. The sub and crew of eight set off a torpedo ...

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