C.S.S. Hunley

Artist: Colt Whitman
School: J. E. Terry, Plantersville

"C.S.S. Hunley"

February 17, 1864: The H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine built in Mobile, becomes the first submarine in history to sink an enemy ship. After torpedoing the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor the Hunley never returned to port--until its recovery in August 2000.



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