Confederate submarine finally revealed after being buried at sea for 150 years

UK Daily Mail ^ | January 13, 2012 | Staff

[C19fan]

The world got an unobstructed view of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley for the first time since the Civil War on Thursday as a massive steel truss that had surrounded the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship was finally removed. The truss weighing more than 8 tons had shrouded the sub since it was raised off the coast of South Carolina almost a dozen years ago.

[C19fan]

What a great way to honor the 150th anniversary of Civil War.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Wow.

Looks like a modern sub.

[central_va]

Can’t wait for the Lincoln Coven to show up and trash this thread.

[kalee]

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[central_va]

[mewzilla]

Fascinating article. Thx for the thread!

LS, if you get a chance, check out the comment section after the article. A poster mentions a certain video we've been discussing.

[LS]

I will, but meanwhile, did you ever hear the joke, “They raised the “Hunley” and inside they found “RE-ELECT STROM THURMOND” bumperstickers?

[ketelone]

They raised the sub, eh? I guess "THE CONFEDERESEH WILL RISE AGAIN, SUH!"

[elcid1970]

It will be interesting to compare the real Hunley submersible with the reconstructed replicas (IIRC, one is in Columbia, the other in Charleston).

Does anyone notice that the rudder appears to be missing from the original sub?

[elcid1970]

It will be interesting to compare the real Hunley submersible with the reconstructed replicas (IIRC, one is in Columbia, the other in Charleston).

Does anyone notice that the rudder appears to be missing from the original sub?

[immadashell]

There are theories the sub could have been damaged by fire from the Housatonic or the crew was knocked out from the concussion from the blast. Another theory is the sub was struck by another Union vessel coming to help the Housatonic.

Barry Soetoro blamed it on George Bush.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I was expecting something looking like the USS Monitor.

[mewzilla]

LOL! Hadn't heard that one :-)

Get serious for a moment, though, interesting juxtaposition of the treatment of war dead.

[Venturer]

I am surprised they did not find steel balls at the bottom of that sub, because that is what it took to get into that coffin. Steel balls.

By the way I wish they had removed that PVC pipe from the interior before they took the pictures.

[TalonDJ]

The monitor was not a submarine. It was just a boat that did not have much freeboard.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Well duh - how could it have any Free Board at all when it would be generations before any member of Lynyrd Skynyrd was even born?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

It’s fascinating that American (both sides of the M/D line) technology and manufacturing was that innovative, that long ago.

Let’s stop sending those abilities to other countries.

Make America that great. Again.

[Army Air Corps]

Think about the regulatory agencies that did not exist at that time. Also, consider the sources of government revenue at the time. Moreover, there weren’t millions of folks on welfare in those days.

[BuffaloJack]

The USS Monitor must have been more formidable than most drawings depict it. I had a relative captured aboard the confederate ram CSS Atlanta (CSS Virginia class ironclad) as it was driven into the shallows and then pounded into surrender by the USS Weehawken and USS Nahant (both Monitor class ironclads.