Scientists Discover New Clue in Mystery of Sunken Civil War Submarine

FoxNews.com ^ | Monday, October 20, 2008

[U S Army EOD]

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.

[U S Army EOD]

Not if the crew compartment flooded after the crew was dead.

[ApplegateRanch]

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.

[rdl6989]

Seeing the Hunley and Fort Sumter are on my list of things to do in my lifetime.

[SunkenCiv]

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)

[GSP.FAN]

I will comment in about 2 months,need time to digest all of the info....;>)

[GSP.FAN]

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..