The following is a lettertotheeditor of the charleston, sc post and courier september 15, 2018 defending the crew of the css hunley. Restoration effort reveals new look inside the hunley, but mysteries still remain posted by dustin waters on wed, jun 7, 2017 at 4. After removing years of corrosion, we can now see the h. Cottage industry models is proud to announce that our 172nd scale hunley kit has been completely remastered, and updated to reflect the most recent information about the submarine as taken from direct observation and measurements from the real artifacts. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship uss housatonic, although hunley was not completely submerged and, following her successful attack, was lost along with. If all else fails, any possibility of staying another night to see the hunley on saturday morning. Hunley was a submarine built and used during the american civil war, gaining fame by being the first such vessel in history to sink an enemy warship in combat. The hunley 1999 css hunley tells the incredible true story of the crew of the manually propelled submarine css hunley, during the siege of charleston of 1864. School groups and private tours available for this incredible civil war era attraction.
For more than a century, the css hunley rested at the bottom of the ocean just outside charleston harbor, its crew entombed, its hull gradually encased in hardening encrustations. Union marines foil the attack by the rebel sub css hunley. A forensic genealogist uses skills and curiosity to dig deep into the background of crew members of a famous civil war submarine, the hunley. After graduating from central high school in knoxville, hunley began playing with local bands, maturing musically and gaining his first fans. Confederate submarine crew killed by their own weapon.
Hunley was a submarine of the american confederate states. Currently, there are no known photographs of the early submarine pioneers that manned the hunley. Armand assante, donald sutherland, alex jennings, christopher bauer, gerry becker, official content from warner home video movie, the hunley. Harry pecorelli iii describes the confederate navy submarine h. Beauregard, the confederate commander at charleston star in this factbased tale of the hunley and its crew.
On february 17, 1864, in the waning years of the civil war, the confederate submarine h. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from con hunley. Scientists excavating the confederate submarine hunley said friday they have located more human remains thought to. If you liked this film, please subscribe, share it with your friends, and check back next week for a new video. Mikromirs 5 css hunley is probably one of the more accurate representations of this iconic civil war submersible. Hunley submarine, 1863 the following 28 files are in this category, out of 28 total. Hunleythe hunley in a water tank at the warren lasch conservation center, north charleston, south carolina. Hunley the first successful combat submarine youtube. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship ie, for each entry in the ship name and designation history section. A new wing of the charleston museum of history will display the h. She also sparked one of the greatest mysteries of the civil war when she failed to return to port, spending the next 6 years buried near the remains of her quarry in the sandy sea floor off charleston, south carolina. Hunley demonstrated the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. The civil warera was one of industrious innovation and sweeping economic and cultural change. Before the hunley set out on her last and only mission during the civil war, she underwent more remodeling.
The hunleys first and last combat mission occurred during the civil war on feb. Now, some scientists think a shock wave could have damaged their insides and caused a swift death. Desperate to break the union blockade of their southern ports, confederate naval secretary stephen mallory quickly authorizes the. Movie, the hunley movie,the hunley trailer,the hunley 1999, john gray,armand assante, donald sutherland, alex jennings, christopher. Hunley the first successful combat submarine duration. This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. The css pioneer work on the first submarine by the hunley partnership resulted in the pioneer which was under way by july of 1861.
Covers should be presented in chronological order or as best as can be determined. In order to put a face on their contribution to maritime history, the hunley project created visual reconstructions of the crew in preparation for their burial in 2004 each skull was cast and the cast served as the foundation that defined the shape of the face. Lets visit the css hunley submarine warfare by pixiecropolis. The dead submarine crew hadnt moved from their stations for nearly 150 years. Worlds most amazing collection of tragic artifacts the newseum duration.
Narrated by david ackroyd hl hunley, a confederate states warship, was the first combat submarine to sink a warship, which also resulted in. Dixon, the subs skipper and donald sutherland as gen. The most plausible explanation for the hunleys demise is that it was too close to the death blow it dealt the. O submarino hunley, batizado com o nome do seu inventor, horace lawson hunley, foi. Hunley, almost 40 feet long, was built at mobile, alabama, launched in july 1863, and shipped by rail to charleston, sc on. Restoration effort reveals new look inside the hunley, but. Historys mysteries raise the hunley history channel. Hunley engaged the uss housatonic on february 17, 1864, she made history as the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel. After horace hunleys untimely death, general beauregard issued an order that prohibited the vessel from attacking while underwater. See the wreck of the hunleythe worlds first submarine to sink an enemy shipfinally unveiled after 11 years in a steel truss. Hunley, often referred to as hunley, was a submarine of the confederate states of america that played a small part in the american civil war. Four years before jules verne astonished the world with his fictional submarine the nautilus, the very factual hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel during wartime.
Your grandsons will be fascinated by the css hunley and will learn so much, both from the history of the hunley and from the science of the conservation. Hunley, byname hunley, confederate submarine that operated 186364 during the american civil war and was the first submarine to sink 1864 an enemy ship, the union vessel housatonic. It is a story of heroism in the face of adversity, the hunley being the first submersible to sink an enemy boat in time of war. Movie, the hunley movie,the hunley trailer,the hunley 1999, john gray, armand assante, donald sutherland, alex jennings, christopher. Hunley joined the air force in 1965 and spent most of his service on a military base in illinois, teaching aircraft mechanics.
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