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On 13 September 1976, the National Park Service submitted the Sea Research Society's (Spence's) location for H. L. Hunley for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Spence's location for Hunley became a matter of public record when H.L. Hunley ' s placement on that list was officially approved on 29 December 1978. [34]
Location of the Hunley submarine. The H.L. Hunley was found in 1995 in the Charleston outer harbor about four miles off Sullivan's island. The divers had to dive down 30 feet of water before finding the Hunley, which was buried in the sand and sediment.
The Sinking of USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864 during the American Civil War was an important turning point in naval warfare.The Confederate States Navy submarine, H.L. Hunley made her first and only attack on a Union Navy warship when she staged a clandestine night attack on USS Housatonic in Charleston harbor.
Horace Lawson Hunley (December 29, 1823 – October 15, 1863) was a Confederate marine engineer during the American Civil War. He developed early hand-powered submarines , the most famous of which was posthumously named for him, H. L. Hunley .
Alabama was joined in 1969 by USS Drum, a World War II Gato-class submarine, which was moored behind her until 2001, when the submarine was moved onto land for preservation in a permanent display. [5] In 2003, a replica of a Confederate submarine that was built in Mobile, CSS H. L. Hunley, was moved to the park. [6]
The Hunley was a confederate submarine that, in 1864, became the first sub to sink an enemy battleship, but it also sank to the bottom of the ocean.
Spence first reported the discovery of the Civil War submarine Hunley in 1970. [3] He mapped and reported its location to numerous government agencies. The July 2007 cover story in U.S. News & World Report noted that the Hunley "disappeared without a trace" until 1970 when it was supposedly found by "underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence." [4]
Family remembers ‘legend’ Hamish Harding, British billionaire who died in Titanic submarine accident. ... Location of debris was 1600 feet from Titanic. Thursday 22 June 2023 20:15, ...