After 150 years, Confederate submarine's hull again revealed

AP via Yahoo News ^ | 1/30/15 | BRUCE SMITH

[Kartographer]

The nerve it took just to climb inside boggles my mind.

[headstamp 2]

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.

[Robert A Cook PE]

More sobering, this last crew was the THIRD to climb inside.

The first two died in their seats, drowning for their state’s freedom.

[pikachu]

Waiting for Michael Moore to say Confederate Submariners were cowards in 3 .. 2 .. 1

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Back when men were really MEN.

[Robert A Cook PE]

From the bottom of the article.

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?

[Lee'sGhost]

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.

[wally_bert]

I saw it a few years back in the tank. Hard imagining getting in that tiny death trap.

[armydawg505]

Brave crew men indeed!

[momtothree]

... not sure if this is up your alley or not ping.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“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. :-)

[KoRn]

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.

[Brother Cracker]

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Wasn’t Clive Cussler involved in finding it? Or was that something else?

[TalonDJ]

Yes. Him and his NUMA organization.

[Puppage]

Dirk Pitt rocks!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Which would be worse? The Hunley or the Turtle?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_%28submersible%29

[CrazyIvan]

Read “The Sea Hunters”. Great book about all the wrecks NUMA has found. Lots of good history and very entertaining.

[Puppage]

Descent Into Darkness?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

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.