And how many crews had drowned during training in the Hunley prior to its first, and last, combat sortie? Two?
I don’t think you could have paid me enough to go aboard and submerge after that.
Come to think of it, I had always assumed that the Hunley’s crews were volunteers. Does anyone know if that’s true?
yes they were!
Remember the CSS Hunley killed its inventor - Horace Hunley on a test dive.
Its true. They were volunteers. Those men had balls of steel.