[FLT-bird]

He led the effort that eventually found and raised CSS Hunley.

[kiryandil]

He led the effort that eventually found and raised CSS Hunley.

That's I thought that this was more news than chat.

Suppose I should count my blessing that it only got got demoted...   

[TXnMA]

"He led the effort that eventually found and raised CSS Hunley."

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Indeed so. I respect the claim of Lee Spence -- but it was Cussler who applied technology with the dogged persistence that led to this:

I had the honor of working on Hunley research before the recovery -- and to still be working on technical details of the torpedo and its triggering mechanism...

Thanks, Clive, for lots of good reads -- and re-reads -- and for starting me on decades of absorbing research!

TXnMA