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Scientists Discover New Clue in Mystery of Sunken Civil War Submarine
FoxNews.com ^
| Monday, October 20, 2008
Posted on 10/20/2008 8:26:45 AM PDT by Joiseydude
CHARLESTON, S.C. It's long been a mystery why the H.L. Hunley never returned after becoming the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship in 1864, but new research announced Friday may lend credence to one of the theories.
Scientists found the eight-man crew of the hand-cranked Confederate submarine had not set the pump to remove water from the crew compartment, which might indicate it was not being flooded.
That could mean crew members suffocated as they used up air, perhaps while waiting for the tide to turn and the current to help take them back to land.
The new evidence disputes the notion that the Hunley was damaged and took on water after ramming a spar with a charge of black powder into the Union blockade ship Housatonic.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; hunley
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To: UCANSEE2
If they were leaking, they would have had plenty of time to abandon ship. The sub sank quite a distance from its target. These guys were all still at their station.
To: BenLurkin
Not if the crew compartment flooded after the crew was dead.
To: SunkenCiv; Fractal Trader
Thanks for this ping & topic.
We saw the Hunley last August with friends who live near South Port, NC, when we visited them.
Fascinating exhibits. She was (& I believe still is & will be for some time yet) submerged in an environmentally controlled tank.
It was a bit frustrating, but at least it keeps the looky-lous from fingering things they otherwise might...like so many cave tourists running their hands over ‘live’ formations right after being told to look but not touch.
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posted on
10/20/2008 9:02:59 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
To: SunkenCiv
Seeing the Hunley and Fort Sumter are on my list of things to do in my lifetime.
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posted on
10/20/2008 9:53:30 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
(What isn't above Obama's pay grade?)
To: GSP.FAN
topmost link is from the Wayback Machine (iow, not on FR) and there may be more like that; all shown are arranged oldest to newest:
- The Hunley Sank in 1864; Now, Raised, On Display, It's a Charleston 'Cash Cow'
- new Hunley article
- New Theory Offered in Hunley Sinking
- Secrets of the Sea -- The CSS Hunley
- Pocket Watch Found on Hunley Slowly Revealing Commander's Story
- Contents of Hunley museum could be an issue
- Jewelry found aboard Hunley, credited to captain
- Riley writes to McConnell about downtown Hunley plan
- Scientists excavating wallet found on Hunley
- Scientists excavating wallet found on Hunley
- The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The CSS Hunley -- Mar. 2nd, 2003
- Marlin Lives History Aboard Confederate Submarine
- Hunley burial postponed until next year
- 10,000 expected for Hunley funeral procession
- Confederate Soldiers' Funeral Debated
- S.C.: Proposal for bodies Confed. sailors to lie in state in the Capitol draws criticism
- S.C. Nixes Honor for Confederates
- Perspective: Die-hard Confederates should be reconstructed
- Artifact Found in Forward Ballast Tank of Hunley
- Excavation of submarine complete
- Hunley Appears Headed To North Charleston
- Crew of Hunley to be buried April 17
- Virginia, Maryland Honor Confederate Sailors Who Died Aboard Stricken Submarine (Hunley)
- Hunley hoopla ignores other side of story
- Hunley Document[a]ry Airs Tonight On MSNBC -- facial reconstruction of the crew
- Confederate Sub Crew's Final Journey to Commence
- Hunley Findings Put Faces on Civil War Submarine Crew
- Hunley Hoopla Ignores the other side of the story
- (Hunley) funeral honors courage, ministers say
- Faces, Profiles of Hunley Crew Reconstructed
- Confederate Sub Crew Taken to Burial Site
- Day belonged to lost Confederacy
- Brave men of the South
- Brave Men of the South
- Hunley Burial; Why Did No Southern Governers Attend?
- [ECUSA] Charleston parish plays key role in burial of Confederate submarine crew
- The FReeper Foxhole Revisits The CSS Hunley with Updates on Funeral -- May 1st, 2004
- Mystery of Sunken Sub May Lie in Craft's Valves
- A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-07-04....The South's Secret Weapon
- Hunt begins for Civil War sub [USS Alligator]
- Scientists: Hunley Had Skylights
- Scientists Discover New Stealth Feature on H.L. Hunley
- Researchers look for evidence of battery in (CSS)Hunley
- Researchers to seek long-lost Alligator (Civil War Submarine)
- Missing view port muddies long-held theory of Hunley's disappearance
- Cornwell to Help Solve Hunley Mystery
- Scientists: Hunley's hatch was unlocked
- Clue found in mystery of Civil War sub [ Hunley ]
- America's undersea advantage sails on
- Navy Approves Hunley Conservation Plan
- Hunley Crewmen Search Leads To Old World
- Hunley Commander's Watch No Smoking Gun
- Civil War Watch Stopped Suddenly; Sub End Still Unknown (H.L. Hunley)
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posted on
11/13/2010 8:20:55 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
I will comment in about 2 months,need time to digest all of the info....;>)
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posted on
11/13/2010 8:33:27 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: U S Army EOD
Only 2 exits and they would have to crawl over each other to get to the exits which would would upset the balance of the Hunley,hence it’s sinking..
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11/13/2010 8:39:28 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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