CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — New analysis shows the doomed crew of theConfederate H.L. Hunley submarine didn't use a potentially life-saving built-in feature the night the vessel sank in the Charleston ...
NORTH CHARLESTON — Capt. George E. Dixon was determined to sink the USS Housatonic, located at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and help break the Union blockade. On the night of Feb 17, 1864, he ...
One of the great military mysteries in American history might now be solved by a Duke University graduate student after three years of research. Rachel Lance and her colleagues dedicated their ...
Hunley%27s torpedo sank USS Housatonic in 1864 Hunley disappeared after signaling mission accomplished New finding on Hunley changes thinking about sub%27s weapon delivery system A torpedo casing may ...
The dead submarine crew hadn’t moved from their stations for nearly 150 years when the vessel was raised from the ocean in 2000. Whatever killed them happened so suddenly that they never made a run ...
Ever since the Confederate submarine Hunley was discovered off the South Carolina coast, theorists have wondered what caused it to sink in 1864. Now Clemson University researchers might have found an ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) – Crews working to restore the H.L. Hunley submarine in North Charleston have uncovered a new clue which may help explain its untimely demise. The new discovery, made ...
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – It has been 157 years since the H.L. Hunley submarine sank off the coast of Charleston. The nearly 40-foot Confederate submarine, named after inventor Horace Lawson ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Hunley will reopen fully this Father's Day weekend after more than a year of being closed or only partially opened due to the pandemic. With its reopening, the attraction ...
On February 17, 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley attacked and sank USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, killing five Union sailors. Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two of the top destinations on a recent trip to Charleston — Ft. Sumter and the Confederacy’s H. L. Hunley submarine — transcend the label of “Civil War attraction.” These sites ...