Posted on 01/30/2015 11:13:54 AM PST by Kartographer
A century and a half after it sank and a decade and a half after it was raised, scientists are finally getting a look at the hull of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship.
What they find may finally solve the mystery of why the hand-cranked submarine sank during the Civil War.
"It's like unwrapping a Christmas gift after 15 years. We have been wanting to do this for many years now," said Paul Mardikian, senior conservator on the Hunley project.
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There is a great book on the divers that went down in Pearl Harbor for ship salvage operations after the attack.
Talk about having nerves of steel.
More sobering, this last crew was the THIRD to climb inside.
The first two died in their seats, drowning for their state’s freedom.
Waiting for Michael Moore to say Confederate Submariners were cowards in 3 .. 2 .. 1
Back when men were really MEN.
In April 2004, thousands of men in Confederate gray and Union blue walked in a procession with the crew's coffins four miles from Charleston's waterfront Battery to Magnolia Cemetery in what has been called the last Confederate funeral.
I thought these men were pulled out many years ago. Certainly not a very clear title to the AP’s article, is it?
Indeed. I love asking Southernphobes how can you be for the liberty of slaves while enslaving your brothers? Of course, you have to explain it to them first, and then their little wheels turn for so long trying to wrap their little minds around it I just laugh and walk away.
I saw it a few years back in the tank. Hard imagining getting in that tiny death trap.
Brave crew men indeed!
... not sure if this is up your alley or not ping.
“Of course, you have to explain it to them first, and then their little wheels turn for so long trying to wrap their little minds around it I just laugh and walk away.”
Plus too much Socialism has killed most of their brain synapses so they can’t make the connection. :-)
Speaking of Pearl Harbor, there were a few Jap ‘mini-subs’ in on that attack, and those things were pretty dangerous too!
I believe they lost them all. Not sure. I know they captured at least one of them and one of their crew on a beach.
Wasn’t Clive Cussler involved in finding it? Or was that something else?
Yes. Him and his NUMA organization.
Dirk Pitt rocks!
Which would be worse? The Hunley or the Turtle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_%28submersible%29
Descent Into Darkness?
He’s probably looking for Confederate ironclad warships in the Sahara Desert!
Anyone notice his movie SAHARA never mentioned WHY that ship went to the Sahara or what happened to all the crew? It was just a ploy to have his characters explore the Sahara.
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