Posted on 09/18/2015 6:20:27 AM PDT by pabianice
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 15 years ago off South Carolina, it looked more like a barnacled sea monster than the world's first operational submarine, sunk in battle during the winter of 1864.
The remains of its eight sailors were removed in 2001, but research has continued, and Thursday, a conservation team announced that experts have now removed more than half a ton of the encrustations.
The result: the Hunley has much of the look and menace of a modern sub and is clearly the ancestor of the U-boat and the nuclear submarine of today.
(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...
Weekend Tours of the Hunley
http://hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=TOURS
Hunley tours are available every Saturday from 10 AM - 5 PM and Sunday Noon - 5 PM. Last tour begins at 4:40 PM. Tours are not available on weekdays so scientists can continue their work preserving the Hunley for future generations. Tours are not available on Easter Sunday, Saturday October 24th, Saturday December 26, and Sunday December 27th.
Tickets ordered in advance are $16.00 for adults and $8.00 for students/youth ages 5-17 , plus a service charge and can be purchased by either calling toll-free 1-877-448-6539 (1-877-4HUNLEY) or by clicking the tour dates below. Children under 5 are free.
Walk-up tickets are also available on a first come, first serve basis. These tickets do not have a service charge. Tickets for Friends of the Hunley members are $12.00 and senior citizens and military are discounted to $14.00.
The Hunley is located at:
Warren Lasch Conservation Center
1250 Supply Street (on the old Charleston Navy Base)
North Charleston, South Carolina 29405
Tour Inquiries
- For questions about Hunley tours, please call the Friends of the Hunley directly at 843.743.4865 ext. 10.
- If you have questions about pre-reserved tickets, please contact Etix.com at support@etix.com.
- Group tours (20+ guests) can be scheduled for weekdays with advance notice. For more information, contact Crista Hartenstein at 843-743-4865 ext. 14 or email her crista@hunley.org.
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The mechanicals are very simple, so "working" could be done, but I'd advise scuba gear for the crew.
Jules Verne...
The author Clive Cussler was responsible for finding the Hunley.
Dirk Pitt found it?
They were using electrolysis to remove corrosion and barnacles as well as other growth. It is a very slow process that in this case took years and it does not harm the parent metal.
I used to use the same process to restore motorcycle tanks for classic cycles that had internal corrosion and were beyond use. When finished the inside looked like a brand new tank. I actually found out how to do it after researching how artifacts from the ocean bottom, (coins, jewelry, religious items, etc) are cleaned.
...Hunley ping....
Thanks, p.
All she needs is a diesel engine and a decent set of batteries. Oh, and some reliable torpedoes...
But you can clearly see the dawn of a new age of naval warfare in her design.
LOL. Nice!
Brian Hicks, “Sea of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley” (2015)
How soon will the Hunley be called a “Symbol of racism” and demands be to remove it from public view?
>>> The author Clive Cussler was responsible for finding the Hunley. <<<
Read the book way back then, but can’t remember the title...
Clive Cussler hired guys who found CSS Alabama in addition to the Hunley.
After announcing the finds Officials and Authorities who never gave shat about locating them and never lifted a pinkie or spent a dollar or franc in the effort leapt in to drive Cussler and company from the locations. Or give him any credit.
That’s actually a pretty sophisticated ducted prop. Quite interesting.
She looks fantastic! Can’t wait to go back and see her again!!
Oh no. I guess a weave shop will be looted tonight.................
Thanks stockpirate.
One of his NUMA crews found it in 1995.
The story about the Hunley is in the first book.
Have you received Odummie;s invite to the White hut, yet?
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