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{{short description|Submarine of the Confederate States of America}}
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|Ship image = Conrad Wise Chapman - Submarine Torpedo Boat H.L. Hunley, Dec. 6, 1863 (cropped).jpg
|Ship caption = Drawing of the ''H. L. Hunley''. Based on a photograph taken in 1863 by [[Photography and photographers of the American Civil War#George S. Cook|George S. Cook]]
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|Ship country = [[Confederate States of America|C.S.A.]]
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|Ship name = H. L. Hunley
|Ship name = ''H. L. Hunley''
|Ship builder = Horace L. Hunley
|Ship namesake= [[Horace Lawson Hunley]]
|Ship laid down = early 1863
|Ship builder = James McClintock
|Ship laid down = Early 1863
|Ship launched = July 1863
|Ship launched = July 1863
|Ship acquired = August 1863
|Ship acquired = August 1863
|Ship in service = February 17, 1864
|Ship in service = 17 February 1864
|Ship out of service = February 17, 1864
|Ship out of service = 17 February 1864
|Ship sunk = February 17, 1864
|Ship sunk = 17 February 1864
|Ship status = examined
|Ship status = Raised in 2000 and preserved in H. L. Hunley Museum
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|Ship displacement = 7.5 [[short ton]]s (6.8 [[Tonne|metric tons]])
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|Ship length = 39.5 feet (12.0 meters) Unconfirmed.
|Ship length = {{cvt|39.5|ft}} (unconfirmed)
|Ship beam = 3.83 feet (1.17 meters)
|Ship beam = {{cvt|3.83|ft}}
|Ship propulsion = Hand-cranked propeller
|Ship propulsion = Hand-cranked ducted propeller
|Ship speed = 4 knots (7.4 kilometers/hour) (surface)
|Ship speed = {{cvt|4|kn}} (surface)
|Ship complement = 1 officer, 7 enlisted
|Ship complement = 2 officer, 6 enlisted
|Ship armament = 1 [[spar torpedo]]
|Ship armament = 1 [[spar torpedo]]
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{{redirect|H. L. Huntley|the Confederate marine engineer|Horace Lawson Hunley}}
'''''H. L. Hunley''''' was a [[submarine]] of the [[Confederate States of America]] that played a small part in the [[American Civil War]], but a large role in the history of naval warfare.<ref name = scdah>{{Cite web
| title = H. L. Hunley, Charleston County (Warren Lasch Conservatin Center, North Charleston) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710107/index.htm | accessdate = 10 June 2012}}</ref> The ''Hunley'' demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. It was the first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship, although the ''Hunley'' was not completely submerged and was lost at some point following her successful attack. The Confederacy lost 21 crewmen in three sinkings of the ''Hunley'' during her short career. The submarine was named for her inventor, [[Horace Lawson Hunley]], shortly after it was taken into service under the control of the Confederate Army at [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina]].


'''''H. L. Hunley''''', also known as the '''''Hunley''''', '''CSS ''H. L. Hunley''''', or '''CSS ''Hunley''''', was a [[submarine]] of the [[Confederate States of America]] that played a small part in the [[American Civil War]]. ''Hunley'' demonstrated the advantages and dangers of undersea warfare. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship ({{USS|Housatonic|1861|6}}), although ''Hunley'' was not completely submerged and, following her attack, was lost along with her crew before she could return to base. Twenty-one crewmen died in the three sinkings of ''Hunley'' during her short career. She was named for her inventor, [[Horace Lawson Hunley]], shortly after she was taken into government service under the control of the [[Confederate States Army]] at [[Charleston, South Carolina]].
The ''Hunley'', nearly 40 feet (12 m) long, was built at [[Mobile, Alabama]], and launched in July 1863. It was then shipped by rail on August 12, 1863 to [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. ''Hunley'' (then called ''Fish Boat'') sank on August 29, 1863, during a training exercise, killing five members of her crew. It sank again on October 15, 1863, killing all eight of her second crew, including Horace Hunley himself, who was aboard at the time, even though he was not enlisted in the Confederate armed forces. Both times the ''Hunley'' was raised and returned to service. On February 17, 1864, ''Hunley'' attacked and sank the 1240-short ton (1124 metric tons)<ref name="autogenerated1">http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h8/housatonic-i.htm</ref> [[screw sloop]] [[USS Housatonic (1861)|USS ''Housatonic'']] on [[Union blockade]] duty in Charleston's outer harbor. Soon after, ''Hunley'' sank for unknown reasons, killing all eight of her third crew. This time, the innovative ship was lost.


''Hunley'', nearly {{cvt|40|ft}} long, was built at [[Mobile, Alabama]], and launched in July 1863. She was then shipped by rail on 12 August 1863 to Charleston. ''Hunley'' (then referred to as the "fish boat", the "fish torpedo boat", or the "porpoise") sank on 29 August 1863 during a test run, killing five members of her crew. She sank again on 15 October 1863, killing all eight of her second crew, [[List of inventors killed by their own invention|including Horace Lawson Hunley himself]], who was aboard at the time, even though he was not a member of the Confederate military. Both times ''Hunley'' was raised and returned to service.
== Predecessors ==
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''Hunley'' and two earlier submarines were privately developed and paid for by [[Horace Lawson Hunley]], [[James McClintock]], and [[Baxter Watson]].


On 17 February 1864, ''Hunley'' attacked and sank the 1,240-[[displacement ton|ton]] [[United States Navy]]<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h8/housatonic-i.htm Housatonic<!-- Bot generated title -->] [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20131205175241/http%3A//www%2Ehistory%2Enavy%2Emil/danfs/h8/housatonic%2Di%2Ehtm Archived copy] at the [[Library of Congress]] (December 5, 2013).</ref> [[Screw sloop|screw]] [[sloop-of-war]] ''Housatonic'', which had been on [[Union blockade]]-duty in Charleston's outer harbor. ''Hunley'' did not survive the attack and sank, taking all eight members of her third crew with her, and was lost.
Hunley, McClintock, and Watson first built a small submarine named [[Pioneer (submarine)|''Pioneer'']] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. ''Pioneer'' was tested in February 1862 in the [[Mississippi River]] and was later towed to [[Lake Pontchartrain]] for additional trials. But the [[Battle of New Orleans (American Civil War)|Union advance towards New Orleans]] caused the men to abandon development and scuttle ''Pioneer'' the following month. The poorly documented [[Bayou St. John Confederate Submarine|''Bayou St. John'' Confederate submarine]] may have been constructed about the same time as ''Pioneer''.

Finally located in 1995, ''Hunley'' was raised in 2000 and is on display in [[North Charleston, South Carolina]], at the [[Warren Lasch Conservation Center]] on the [[Cooper River (South Carolina)|Cooper River]]. Examination in 2012 of recovered ''Hunley'' artifacts suggested that the submarine was as close as {{cvt|20|ft}} to her target, ''Housatonic'', when her deployed torpedo exploded, which caused the submarine's sinking.<ref name="Smith">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Bruce|title=Experts find new evidence in submarine mystery|agency=Associated Press|url=https://news.yahoo.com/experts-evidence-submarine-mystery-203606783.html|date=January 28, 2013|access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref>

== Historical context ==
The [[American Civil War|Civil War]], April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865, was a domestic American war where the [[Union Army|Union]] (also called the North) was locked in combat with the [[Confederate States Army|Confederates]] (also called the South). The Union comprised California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. The Confederacy comprised Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

In the beginning of the war, combat was fought with bayonets, horses, wooden ships, and imprecise artillery. During the course of the battle the weaponry changed and such things as: mines, accurate guns, more deadly bullets, torpedoes, and "[[Ironclad warship|ironclad]]" ships became a new standard. Though most of the fighting occurred on land, a critical element of the war was the power struggle at sea. Whichever side controlled the coastline also controlled the shipping imports from Europe and Coastal America, which contained critical resources such as clothes, food, artillery, medicine, and, at times, reinforcements. The Hunley was created to destroy the [[Union blockade]] and help gain this all-important coastline advantage.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=PBS |date=2014 |title=Civil War Innovations |url=https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/civil-war-innovations/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=[[History Detectives]] Special Investigations}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marvel |first=William |title=A Concise History of The Civil War: Machines of War |url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/civil_war_series/1/sec5.htm#:~:text=The%20Civil%20War%20saw%20the,the%20face%20of%20warfare%20forever. |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=A Civil War Series by The National Park Service}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hassler |first1=Warren |last2=Weber |first2=Jennifer |date=October 7, 2023 |title=American Civil War |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War |access-date=October 18, 2023 |website=Britannica.com}}</ref>

== Predecessors ==
Horace Lawson Hunley provided financing for [[James McClintock (shipbuilder)|James McClintock]] to design three submarines: {{ship||Pioneer|submarine|2}} in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], {{ship||American Diver||2}} built in Mobile, and ''Hunley''.<ref name="Walker">{{cite book
| last=Walker | first=Sally M. | author-link=Sally M. Walker
| title=Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
| publisher=[[Lerner Publishing Group|Carolrhoda Books]] | date=2005 | location=Minneapolis | pages = 10, 11
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txP7dIf1fEkC&pg=PA10
| isbn=9781575058306
}}
</ref>


While the United States Navy was constructing its first submarine {{USS|Alligator|1862|6}}, in late 1861, the Confederacy was developing their own. Likely having within them an incessant loyalty to the Confederate states as well as understanding the financial gains that would come from sinking enemy ships,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Wills |first=Rich |date=28 July 2017 |title=H. L. Hunley in Historical Context |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley/the-h-l-hunley-in-historical-context.html#anchor368048 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622070421/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley/the-h-l-hunley-in-historical-context.html |archive-date=22 June 2023 |access-date=12 October 2023 |website=Naval History and Heritage Command}}</ref> Hunley, McClintock, and Baxter Watson first built ''Pioneer.'' She was tested in February 1862 in the [[Mississippi River]] and was later towed to [[Lake Pontchartrain]] for additional trials. The [[Battle of New Orleans (American Civil War)|Union advance towards New Orleans]] caused the men to abandon development, however, and ''Pioneer'' was scuttled the following month.<ref name = Walker/>
The three inventors moved to Mobile and joined with machinists Thomas Park and Thomas Lyons. They soon began development of a second submarine, ''[[American Diver]]''. Their efforts were supported by the [[Confederate States Army]]; [[Lieutenant]] [[William Alexander]] of the [[21st Alabama Infantry Regiment]] was assigned oversight duty for the project. The men experimented with [[electromagnetic propulsion|electromagnetic]] and [[steam engine|steam propulsion]] for the new submarine, before falling back on a simpler hand-cranked propulsion system. ''American Diver'' was ready for harbor trials by January 1863, but it proved too slow to be practical. One attempted attack on the [[Union blockade]] was made in February 1863 but was unsuccessful. The submarine sank in the mouth of [[Mobile Bay]] during a storm later the same month and was not recovered.
McClintock noted the significance that a boat capable of moving in any direction at any depth could be made, but ultimately decided that such a vessel could be improved.<ref name=":3" /> Hunley, Watson, and McClintock moved to Mobile to develop a second submarine, ''[[American Diver]].'' They collaborated with Park & Lyons machine shops owners, Thomas Park and Thomas Lyons, in the construction of the vessel.<ref name=":3" /><ref name = Walker/><ref name="Early">{{Cite book |last1=Early |first1=Curtis A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-X7iuwvSZn0C&pg=PA218 |title=Ohio Confederate Connection: Facts You May Not Know about the Civil War |last2=Early |first2=Gloria J. |publisher=iUniverse |year=2011 |isbn=9781450273732 |place=Bloomington, IN |page=218}}</ref> Their efforts were supported by the [[Confederate States Army]]. [[Lieutenant]] [[William Alexander (military engineer)|William Alexander]] of the [[21st Alabama Infantry Regiment]] was assigned to oversee the project. The builders experimented with several methods of providing the new submarine with self-propulsion, including McClintock's electromagnetic drive, followed by a custom [[steam engine]], but eventually settled on a simple hand-cranked propulsion system as they felt that the time and money lost in implementing such an engine would not be worth the trouble.<ref name=":3" /> ''[[American Diver]]'' was ready for harbor trials by January 1863, but she proved too slow to be practical. Nonetheless, it was decided to tow the submarine down the bay to [[Fort Morgan (Alabama)|Fort Morgan]] and attempt an attack on the Union blockade. However, the submarine foundered in the rough waters caused by foul weather and the currents at the mouth of [[Mobile Bay]] and sank.<ref name="Sledge2015">{{cite book|author=John S. Sledge|title=The Mobile River|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqgGCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT188|date=29 May 2015|publisher=University of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-1-61117-486-1|pages=188–189}}</ref> The crew escaped, but the boat was not recovered.<ref name="usnavy">{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_32/hunley.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016165452/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_32/hunley.html | archive-date=October 16, 2012 |title=The Birth of Undersea Warfare – H.L. Hunley |date=September 17, 2011 |work=Undersea Warfare: The Official Magazine of the U.S. Submarine Force |publisher=United States Navy }}</ref>


== Construction and testing ==
== Construction and testing ==
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Construction of ''Hunley'' began soon after the loss of ''American Diver''. At this stage, ''Hunley'' was variously referred to as the "fish boat," the "fish torpedo boat," or the "porpoise." Legend long held ''Hunley'' was made from a cast-off [[Boiler (steam generator)|steam boiler]]—perhaps because a cutaway drawing by William Alexander, who had seen the real boat, showed a short and stubby machine. In fact, ''Hunley'' was purpose-designed and built for her role, and the sleek, modern-looking craft shown in R.G. Skerrett's 1902 drawing is an accurate representation. ''Hunley'' was designed for a crew of eight: seven to turn the hand-cranked propeller and one to steer and direct the boat. Each end was equipped with [[ballast tank]]s that could be flooded by valves or pumped dry by [[Pump|hand pumps]]. Extra ballast was added through the use of iron weights bolted to the underside of the hull. In the event the submarine needed additional buoyancy to rise in an emergency, the iron weight could be removed by unscrewing the heads of the bolts from inside the vessel.
[[File:Hunley-1.jpg|left|thumb|270px|Inboard profile and plan drawings, after sketches by [[William Alexander|W.A. Alexander]] (1863)]]
[[File:Hunley-1.jpg|left|thumb|Inboard profile and plan drawings, after sketches by [[William Alexander (military engineer)|W.A. Alexander]] (1863)]]
[[File:Confederate ironclads Chicora and Palmetto State in Charleston harbor.png|right|thumb|CSS ''Chicora'' and CSS ''Palmetto State'']]
[[File:Horace L Hunley (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|[[Horace Lawson Hunley]], the submarine's namesake and inventor]]


[[File:PSM V58 D167 Confederate submarine which sank the housatonic.png|left|thumb| Drawings of ''H. L. Hunley'' from 1900.]]
''Hunley'' was equipped with two watertight hatches, one forward and one aft, atop two short [[conning tower]]s equipped with small portholes and slender, triangular [[breakwaters]]. The hatches were very small, measuring 14 by 15¾ inches (36 by 40&nbsp;centimeters), making entrance to and egress from the hull very difficult. The height of the ship's hull was 4&nbsp;feet 3&nbsp;inches (1.2&nbsp;m).
Construction of ''Hunley'' began soon after the loss of ''[[American Diver]]''. At this stage, ''Hunley'' was variously referred to as the "fish boat", the "fish torpedo boat", or the "porpoise". Legend held that ''Hunley'' was made from a cast-off [[Boiler (steam generator)|steam boiler]]—perhaps because a cutaway drawing by William Alexander, who had seen her, showed a short and stubby machine. In fact, ''Hunley'' was designed and built for her role, and the sleek, modern-looking craft shown in R.G. Skerrett's 1902 drawing is an accurate representation. Each end was equipped with [[ballast tank]]s that could be flooded by valves or pumped dry by [[Pump|hand pumps]]. Extra ballast was added using iron weights bolted to the underside of the hull. If the submarine needed additional buoyancy to rise in an emergency, the iron weight could be removed by unscrewing the heads of the bolts from inside the vessel.


The hull of the ship is estimated to originally have been 4 feet 3 inches (1.30) in diameter. The two hatches, accessible by means of [[conning tower]], located in the forward and [[aft]] of the vessel, are estimated to have originally measured at 16.5 inches (420&nbsp;mm) in width and 21 inches (530&nbsp;mm) in length. The small sizing of the hatches and the cramped quarters made entering, exiting, and maneuvering about the ship remarkably difficult. Hunley was designed for a crew of eight, seven to turn the hand-cranked ducted propeller at about 3.5 [[horsepower]] (2.6&nbsp;kW), and one to steer and direct the boat. At the height of its speed, Hunley could reach 4 [[Knot (unit)|knots]] [Wills, 2017].
''Hunley'' was ready for a demonstration by July 1863. Supervised by Confederate [[Admiral]] [[Franklin Buchanan]], ''Hunley'' successfully attacked a coal flatboat in Mobile Bay. Following this demonstration, the submarine was shipped to [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina]], by rail, arriving August 12, 1863.


The military seized the vessel from its private builders and owners shortly after its arrival in Charleston, turning it over to the Confederate Army. ''Hunley'' would operate as a Confederate Army vessel from this point forward, although Horace Hunley and his partners remained involved in the submarine's further testing and operation. While sometimes referred to as CSS ''Hunley'', the Confederate government never officially commissioned the vessel into service.
By July 1863, ''Hunley'' was ready for a demonstration. Supervised by Confederate [[Admiral]] [[Franklin Buchanan]], ''Hunley'' successfully attacked a coal flatboat in Mobile Bay. Following this, the submarine was shipped by rail to Charleston, South Carolina, on 12 August 1863. However, the Confederate military seized the submarine from her private builders and owners shortly after arriving, turning her over to the Confederate Army. ''Hunley'' would operate as a Confederate Army vessel from then on, although Horace Hunley and his partners would remain involved in her further testing and operation. While sometimes called CSS ''Hunley'', she was never officially commissioned into service.


Confederate Navy Lieutenant [[John A. Payne]] of [[CSS Chicora|CSS ''Chicora'']] volunteered to be ''Hunley's'' skipper, and a volunteer crew of seven men from ''[[CSS Chicora]]'' and [[CSS Palmetto State|CSS ''Palmetto State'']] was assembled to operate the submarine. On August 29, 1863, ''Hunley's'' new crew was preparing to make a test dive to learn the operation of the submarine when Lieutenant Payne accidentally stepped on the lever controlling the sub's diving planes while the boat was running. This caused ''Hunley'' to dive with her hatches still open, flooding the submarine. Payne and two others escaped, while the remaining five crewmen drowned.
Confederate Navy Lieutenant [[John A. Payne]] of [[CSS Chicora|CSS ''Chicora'']] volunteered to be ''Hunley''{{'}}s captain, and seven men from ''Chicora'' and [[CSS Palmetto State|CSS ''Palmetto State'']] volunteered to operate her. On 29 August 1863, ''Hunley''{{'}}s new crew was preparing to make a test dive when Lieutenant Payne accidentally stepped on the lever controlling the sub's diving planes as she was running on the surface. This caused ''Hunley'' to dive with one of her hatches still open. Payne and two others escaped, but the other five crewmen drowned.<br />
''H. L. Hunley'' crew lost 29 August 1863:
* Michael Cane
* Nicholas Davis
* Frank Doyle
* John Kelly
* Absolum Williams


On October 15, 1863 ''Hunley'' failed to surface during a mock attack, killing Hunley and seven other crewmen. In both cases, the Confederate Navy salvaged the vessel and returned her to service.
The Confederate Army took control of ''Hunley'', with all orders coming directly from General [[P. G. T. Beauregard]], with Lt. [[George E. Dixon]] placed in charge. On 15 October 1863, ''Hunley'' failed to surface after a mock attack, killing all eight crewmen. Among these was Hunley himself, who had joined the crew for the exercise and possibly had taken over command from Dixon for the attack maneuver. The Confederate Navy once more salvaged the submarine and returned her to service.<br />
''H. L. Hunley'' Crew lost 15 October 1863:<ref>[https://civilwartalk.com/threads/hunley-crew-wasnt-using-air-circulation-system-the-night-sub-sank-ship-then-vanished.164802/ Civil War Forum]</ref>
* Horace Hunley
* Thomas S. Parks
* Henry Beard.
* R. Brookbanks
* John Marshall
* Charles McHugh
* Joseph Patterson
* Charles L. Sprague


== Armament ==
== Armament ==
[[File:CSS David drawing.jpg|thumb|left|Plans of [[CSS David|CSS ''David'']]]]
''Hunley'' was originally intended to attack by means of a floating [[Explosive material|explosive charge]] with a [[contact fuse]] (a [[torpedo]] in Civil War terminology) towed behind it at the end of a long rope. ''Hunley'' would approach an enemy vessel, dive under it, and surface beyond. As it continued to move away from the target, the torpedo would be pulled against the side of the target and explode. However, this plan was discarded as impractical due to the danger of the tow line fouling ''Hunley'''s screw or drifting into ''Hunley'' herself.
''Hunley'' was initially intended to attack by using a floating [[Explosive material|explosive charge]] with a [[contact fuse]] (a [[torpedo]] in 19th-century terminology). The Hunley's methodology of deploying the explosive charge consisted of them diving beneath the ship and catching the charge on the side/hull of the vessel and re-emerging outside of the blast range of the explosive. This plan was discredited and not used as the possibility of ''Hunley'' becoming entangled in the rope, the rope drifting away from the ship, or the charge exploding on the submarine was too great.


The floating explosive charge was replaced with a [[spar torpedo]], a cask containing 90&nbsp;pounds (41&nbsp;kilograms) of black powder<ref>http://www.charlestonillustrated.com/hunley/torpedo.htm</ref> attached to a 22-foot (6.7 m)-long wooden spar, as seen in illustrations of the submarine made at this time. The spar was mounted on ''Hunley's'' bow and was designed to be used when the submarine was some 6 feet (1.8 m) or more below the surface. The spar torpedo had a barbed point, and would be stuck in the target vessel's side by ramming. The spar torpedo as originally designed used a mechanical trigger attached to the attacking vessel by a cord, so that as the attacker backed away from her victim, the torpedo would explode. However, archaeologists working on ''Hunley'' have discovered evidence, including a spool of copper wire and components of a battery, that it may have been electrically detonated. Following Horace Hunley's death, General Beauregard issued an order that the submarine was no longer to attack her target underwater. In response to this order, an iron pipe was attached to the bow of the submarine and angled downwards so the explosive charge would still be delivered under sufficient depth of water to make it effective. This was the same method developed for the earlier "[[CSS David|David]]" type surface craft so successful against the [[USS New Ironsides (1862)|USS ''New Ironsides'']]. ''The Confederate Veteran'' of 1902 printed a reminiscence authored by an engineer stationed at Battery Marshall who, with another engineer, made adjustments to the iron pipe mechanism before ''Hunley'' left on her last mission on the night of February 17, 1864. A drawing of the iron pipe spar, confirming its "David" type configuration, was published in several early histories of submarine warfare.
Instead, a [[spar torpedo]]—a copper cylinder containing {{convert|135|lb|kg|abbr=off}} of [[Gunpowder|black powder]]—was attached to a {{convert|22|ft|adj=on}}-long wooden spar, as seen in illustrations made at this time. Mounted on ''Hunley''{{'}}s bow, the spar was to be used when the submarine was {{cvt|6|ft}} or more below the surface. Previous spar torpedoes had been designed with a barbed point: the spar torpedo would be jammed in the target's side by ramming and then detonated by a mechanical trigger attached to the submarine by a line so that as she backed away from her target, the torpedo would set off. However, archaeologists working on ''Hunley'' discovered evidence, including a spool of copper wire and components of a battery, that it may have been electrically detonated. In the configuration used in the attack on ''Housatonic'', it appears ''Hunley''{{'}}s torpedo had no barbs and was designed to explode on contact as it was pushed against an enemy vessel at close range.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Post and Courier| author=Brian Hicks|title=Rewriting history: Discovery alters legend of doomed sub...|date=27 January 2013|url=http://www.postandcourier.com/archives/rewriting-history-discovery-alters-legend-of-doomed-subhunley-submarine-lifted/article_ebecd2a4-9288-51c7-b6e2-5f26ade4090b.html}}</ref> After Horace Hunley's death, General Beauregard ordered that the submarine should no longer be used to attack underwater. An iron pipe was then attached to her bow, angled downwards so the explosive charge would be delivered sufficiently underwater to make it effective. This was the same method developed for the earlier "[[CSS David|David]]" surface attack craft used successfully against the [[USS New Ironsides (1862)|USS ''New Ironsides'']]. ''The Confederate Veteran'' of 1902 printed a reminiscence authored by an engineer stationed at Battery Marshall who, with another engineer, made adjustments to the iron pipe mechanism before ''Hunley'' left on her last fatal mission on 17 February 1864. A drawing of the iron pipe spar, confirming her "David" type configuration, was published in early histories of submarine warfare.


== Attack on ''Housatonic'' ==
== Attack on ''Housatonic'' ==
[[File:USSHousatonic.jpg|250px|thumb|USS Housatonic]]
[[File:USSHousatonic.jpg|thumb|''USS Housatonic'']]
[[File:Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charleston LCCN2004660354.tif|right|thumb|Destruction of the USS Housatonic; sketch by war artist [[William Waud]].]]
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{{main|Sinking of USS Housatonic}}
''Hunley'' made her first and only attack against a live target on the night of February 17, 1864. The vessel was the [[USS Housatonic (1861)|USS ''Housatonic'']]. ''Housatonic'', a 1240-ton (1.1 million-kilogram)<ref name="autogenerated1" /> steam-powered [[sloop-of-war]] with 12 large [[cannons]], was stationed at the entrance to Charleston, South Carolina harbor, about 5&nbsp;miles (8 kilometers) out to sea. In an effort to break the [[Blockade|naval blockade]] of the city, Lieutenant [[George E. Dixon]] and a crew of seven volunteers attacked ''Housatonic'', successfully embedding the barbed spar torpedo into her [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]]. The torpedo was detonated as the submarine backed away, sending ''Housatonic'' and five of her crew to the bottom in five minutes, although many survived by boarding two lifeboats or by climbing the rigging until rescued.
''Hunley'' made her only attack against an enemy target on the night of 17 February 1864. The target was United States Navy ship, [[USS Housatonic (1861)|USS ''Housatonic'']], a {{convert|1240|LT|MT|adj=on}}<ref name="autogenerated1" /> wooden-hulled steam-powered screw sloop-of-war with 12 large [[cannons]], which was stationed at the entrance to Charleston, about {{convert|5|mi|km|abbr=off}} offshore. ''Hunley'' happened to be on patrol around that area at the time.<ref name=":3" /> Helmed by Lieutenant George E. Dixon with a crew of seven and desperate to break the [[Blockade|naval blockade]] of the city, H. L. Hunley successfully attacked ''Housatonic'', ramming ''Hunley's'' only spar torpedo against the enemy's [[Hull (watercraft)|hull.]]<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Lance |first1=Rachel M. |author-link=Rachel Lance |last2=Stalcup |first2=Lucas |last3=Wojtylak |first3=Brad |last4=Bass |first4=Cameron R. |year=2017 |title=Air blast injuries killed the crew of the submarine H.L. Hunley |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=8 |pages=e0182244 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1282244L |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0182244 |pmc=5568114 |pmid=28832592 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The torpedo was detonated, sending ''Housatonic'' to the bottom in three minutes,<ref name=":3" /> along with five of her crewmen.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Bl1AAQAAMAAJ&dq=USS+Housatonic+lost+1864&pg=PA327 The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion Series I Vol. 15, p. 328]</ref> ''Hunley'' and her crew went missing after the attack. They would not be found for over 100 years.


== Disappearance ==
== Disappearance ==


After the attack, the ''H.L. Hunley'' failed to return to her base. There is evidence that the ''Hunley'' survived as long as one hour following the attack - at about 8:45 p.m. The commander of "Battery Marshall" reported on the day after the attack that he had received "the signals" from the submarine indicating it was returning to her base.<ref> ''The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion''; Series I – Vol. 15, p. 335.</ref> The report did not state what manner of signals were observed. A postwar correspondent stated that "two blue lights" were the prearranged signals,<ref>Jacob N. Cardozo, ''Reminiscences of Charleston '' (Charleston, 1866) p. 124</ref> and a lookout on the ''Housatonic'' reported that he saw a "blue light" on the water after his ship sank.<ref> ''Proceedings of the Naval Court of Inquiry on the Sinking of the Housatonic '' NARA Microfilm Publication M 273, reel 169, Records of the Judge Advocate General (Navy) Record Group 125</ref> "Blue light" in 1864 referred to a pyrotechnic signal<ref> Noah Webster, ''International Dictionary of the English Language Comprising the issues of 1864, 1879 and 1884'', ed. Noah Porter, p. 137.</ref> in long use by the U.S. Navy.<ref> George Marshall, ''Marshall’s Practical Marine Gunnery: Containing a View of the Magnitude, Weight, Description and Use of Every Article Used in the Sea Gunner’s Department in the Navy of the United States'' (Norfolk, 1822), pp. 22 and 24.</ref> It has been falsely represented in published works as a blue lantern, even though the lantern found on the recovered ''H.L. Hunley'' had a clear, not a blue, lens.<ref>Tom Chaffin, ''The Hunley The Secret Hope of The Confederacy '' ( New York, 2008), p. 242.</ref> Pyrotechnic "blue light" can be seen easily over the four mile distance<ref>Capt. J.G. Benton, ''A Course of Instruction in Ordnance and Gunnery Compiled for the Use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy'' second ed., 1862, p. 369</ref> between Battery Marshall and the site of the Hunley's attack on the ''Housatonic''.<ref>http://www.handcraftedmodelships.com/h-l-hunley-model-civil-war-submarine-boat.php</ref>
After the attack, ''H.L. Hunley'' failed to return to her base. At one point, there appeared to be evidence that ''Hunley'' survived as long as one hour following the attack, which occurred at about 20:45. The day after the attack, the commander of "Battery Marshall" reported that he had received "the signals" from the submarine indicating she was returning to her base.<ref>''The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion''; Series I – Vol. 15, p. 335.</ref> The report did not say what the signals were. A postwar correspondent wrote that "two blue lights" were the prearranged signals,<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacob N. |last=Cardozo |title=Reminiscences of Charleston |location=Charleston |year=1866 |page=124}}</ref> and a lookout on ''Housatonic'' reported he saw a "blue light" on the water after his ship sank.<ref>''Proceedings of the Naval Court of Inquiry on the Sinking of the Housatonic '' NARA Microfilm Publication M 273, reel 169, Records of the Judge Advocate General (Navy) Record Group 125</ref> "Blue light" in 1864 referred to a [[Blue light (pyrotechnic signal)|pyrotechnic signal]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Noah |last=Webster |author-link=Noah Webster |title=International Dictionary of the English Language Comprising the issues of 1864, 1879 and 1884 |editor-first=Noah |editor-last=Porter |editor-link=Noah Porter |page=137}}</ref> in long use by the U.S. Navy.<ref>{{cite book |first=George |last=Marshall |title=Marshall's Practical Marine Gunnery: Containing a View of the Magnitude, Weight, Description and Use of Every Article Used in the Sea Gunner's Department in the Navy of the United States |location=Norfolk |year=1822 |pages=22, 24}}</ref> It has been falsely represented in published works as a blue lantern; the lantern eventually found on the recovered ''H. L. Hunley'' had a clear, not a blue, lens.<ref name="Chaffin2010">{{cite book |first=Tom |last=Chaffin |title=The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQcjlDMjXFoC |date=16 February 2010 |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |isbn=978-1-4299-9035-6 |pages=225–242}}</ref> Pyrotechnic "blue light" could be seen easily over the {{convert|4|mi|adj=on|spell=in|sigfig=1}} distance between Battery Marshall and the site of ''Hunley''{{'}}s attack on ''Housatonic''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Benton |first1=Captain James Gilchrist |title=A Course of Instruction in Ordnance and Gunnery Compiled for the Use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy |date=1862 |page=[https://archive.org/details/courseofinstruct00bentrich/page/369 369] |publisher=New York, Van Nostrand |edition=Second |url=https://archive.org/details/courseofinstruct00bentrich}}</ref>


After signaling, Dixon's plan could have been to take his submarine underwater to make a return to Sullivan's Island, although he left no confirmed documentation of this plan. At one point, the finders of ''Hunley'' suggested she was unintentionally rammed by USS ''Canandaigua'' when that [[warship]] was going to rescue the crew of ''Housatonic'', but no such damage was found when she was raised from the bottom of the harbor. Instead, all evidence and analysis eventually pointed to the instantaneous death of ''Hunley''{{'}}s entire crew at the moment of the spar torpedo's contact with the hull of ''Housatonic''. Upon removal of the silt inside the hull, the skeletons of the crewmembers were found seated at their stations with no signs of skeletal trauma.<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last=Lance |first=Rachel |author-link=Rachel Lance |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1103534885 |title=In the waves : my quest to solve the mystery of a Civil War submarine |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-5247-4415-1 |location=[[New York, New York]] |oclc=1103534885}}</ref> In October 2008, scientists reported they had found that the crew of ''Hunley'' had not set her pump to remove water from the crew's compartment, and this might indicate she was not flooded until after they died. In January 2013, it was announced that conservator Paul Mardikian had found evidence of a copper sleeve at the end of ''Hunley''{{'}}s spar. This finding indicated the torpedo had been attached directly to the [[Spar (sailing)|spar]], meaning the submarine may have been less than {{convert|16|ft|m|sigfig=1|abbr=}} from ''Housatonic'' when the torpedo exploded.<ref name="Smith"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Lance |first=Rachel |author-link=Rachel Lance |title=The New Explosive Theory About What Doomed the Crew of the 'Hunley' |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-explosive-theory-what-doomed-crew-hunley-180974159/ |access-date=2020-10-12 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, researchers reported that the [[keel block]]s, which the crew could release from inside the vessel to allow the sub to surface quickly in an emergency, had never been released.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 18, 2018 |title=Clues to Confederate Mystery: Sub's Crew Never Dumped Weight |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/07/18/us/ap-us-confederate-submarine.html}}</ref>
After signaling, Dixon would have taken his submarine underwater to attempt to return to Sullivan's Island. What happened next is unclear. The finders of the ''Hunley'' suggested that she was unintentionally rammed by the USS ''Canandaigua'' when that [[warship]] was going to the aid of the crew of the ''Housatonic''.


The short distance between the torpedo and the vessel, in addition to the signs that the crew died instantaneously and without a struggle to survive, led a team of blast trauma specialists from Duke University to theorize that the ''Hunley''{{'}}s crew was killed by the [[blast injury|blast itself]],<ref name=":0" /> which could have transmitted pressure waves inside the vessel without damaging its hull. Their research, which included scaled experiments with live black powder bombs, provided data indicating the crew was likely killed by the explosion of their own torpedo, which could have caused immediate pulmonary blast trauma. The Duke team's experiments and results were published August 2017 in the peer-reviewed journal ''PLoS One''<ref name=":0" /> and eventually became the subject of the book ''In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine''.<ref name=":1" /> Although their conclusions have been disputed by archaeologists with the [[Naval History and Heritage Command|Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC)]], the NHCC website<ref name=":2">{{cite web |date=28 August 2017 |title=Black Powder Blast Effects on the Confederate Submarine Hunley |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley/black-powder-blast-effects-hunley.html |access-date=2018-03-14 |website=Naval History and Heritage Command}}</ref> disputing the results of the scientific experiments contains several inconsistencies. For example, the website implies that the experiments are not valid because "a 1/8th inch plate at 1/6th scale is only 0.02 inches thick," but neither of these dimensions is relevant to either the original ''Hunley'' or the scale model used by Duke.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Daley |first=Jason |date=July 23, 2018 |title=New Clues About Why the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley Sank |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-clues-about-why-confederate-submarine-hl-hunley-sank-180969724/ |access-date=October 16, 2023 |website=Smithsonian Magazine}}</ref>
One possibility is that the torpedo was not detonated on command, but rather it malfunctioned because of some damage suffered during the underwated attack. The intention was that the torpedo would be detonated when the ''Hunley'' had retreated to about 150 feet (46 meters) away.<ref>http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=MISSION</ref> However, witnesses aboard the ''Housatonic'' stated that the submarine was no more than about 100 feet (30 meters) away when her torpedo detonated.


Years after ''Hunley'' went missing, when the area around the wreck of ''Housatonic'' was surveyed, the sunken ''Hunley'' was found on the seaward side of the sloop, where no one had considered looking before. This later indicated that the ocean current was going out following the attack on ''Housatonic'', taking ''Hunley'' with her to where she was eventually found and later recovered.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}
In October 2008, scientists reported that they had found that the crew of the ''Hunley'' had not set her pump to remove water from the crew's compartment, and this might indicate that it was not being flooded. "It now really starts to point to a lack of [[oxygen]] making [the crew] unconscious," the chairman of the South Carolina Hunley Commission said. "They may have been cranking and moving and it was a miscalculation as to how much oxygen they had."<ref>{{cite news |title=Scientists have new clue to mystery of sunken sub |work=Associated Press |url=http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-science/20081017/Confederate.Submarine/ |date=October 18, 2008}}(Defunct as of 4/09)</ref>{{Dead link|date=August 2010}}


== Recovery of wreckage ==
Although there is no conclusive evidence as to the cause of the sinking of the ''H. L. Hunley'', the head archeologist of [[Clemson University]], Maria Jacobsen, and George Wunderlich, the executive director of the [[National Museum of Civil War Medicine]], conducted experiments with modern castings of the forward conning tower of the ''H. L. Hunley''. The original one had shown damage at one viewing port. The experiments used replica [[U.S. Navy]] firearms, and they showed that a .58 caliber [[Minie ball]], fired from the U.S.S. ''Housatonic'', could have penetrated at the viewing ports, hence producing a breach to let water enter. This result corresponds with the findings of Jaime Downs, an FBI forensic [[pathologist]], which show variations in the preserved brain tissue from to forward to the aft crewmen of the ''Hunley''. It has been conjectured that a ramming by the U.S.S. ''Canandaigua'' would have caused damage to the ''Hunley'', but no such damage was found when the ''Hunley'' was raised from the bottom of the harbor. <ref>National Geographic channel television program, September 17, 2011</ref>
{{Main|Conservation-restoration of the H.L. Hunley}}
''Hunley''{{'}}s discovery was described by William Dudley, Director of Naval History at the [[Naval Historical Center]] as "probably the most important find of the century."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehunley.com/factsheet.htm |title=H.L. Hunley Fact Sheet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174301/http://www.thehunley.com/factsheet.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=usurped|website=The Hunley}}</ref>


[[File:CSSHLHunleyrecovery.jpg|thumb|''H. L. Hunley'', suspended from a crane during her recovery from off of Charleston Harbor, August 8, 2000]]
Her crew perished, but the ''H.L. Hunley'' had earned a place in the history of undersea warfare by being the first submarine to sink any ship.<ref>http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-3.htm</ref>
[[File:Hunley 001.jpg|thumb|Removing the first section of the crew's bench at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center, January 28, 2005]]
[[File:H. L. Hunley in sodium hydroxide bath (3).jpg|thumb|''H.L. Hunley'' in sodium hydroxide bath, July 2017]]
The discovery of ''Hunley'' has been claimed by two different individuals. Underwater archaeologist [[E. Lee Spence]], president, [[Sea Research Society]], reportedly discovered ''Hunley'' in 1970,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070624/2hunley_2.htm |title=A Civil War Time Capsule From the Sea: Artifacts from the South's submarine are turning fable into fact |first=Andrew |last=Curry |date=June 24, 2007 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Ghosts from the Coast |chapter=The Man Who Found the Hunley: Charleston, South Carolina |first=Nancy |last=Roberts |publisher=UNC Press |date=2001 |isbn=978-0-8078-2665-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ghostsfromcoast00nanc/page/89 89–94] |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/ghostsfromcoast00nanc/page/89 }}</ref> and has a collection of evidence<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shipwrecks.com/attachments.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228024921/http://www.shipwrecks.com/attachments.html |archive-date=2008-02-28 |title=Letters, Charts, Maps, Documents, etc. attached to Dr. E. Lee Spence's Sworn Affidavit regarding Spence's 1970 discovery of the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley |website=Shipwrecks.com |url-status=dead }}</ref> claiming to validate this, including a 1980 Civil Admiralty Case.<ref>United States District Court, District of Charleston, Case #80-1303-8, Filed July 8, 1980</ref> The court took the position that the wreck was outside the jurisdiction of the [[United States Marshals Service|U.S. Marshals Office]], and no determination of ownership was made.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Witte|first1=Sully|title=A look back at Hurricane Hugo, five years after the storm|url=https://www.moultrienews.com/archives/a-look-back-at-hurricane-hugo-five-years-after-the/article_824c6f05-6be3-56eb-b442-87eaa6ee6467.html|access-date=13 December 2017|work=Moultrie News|publisher=Evening Post Industries|date=Sep 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707222238/https://www.moultrienews.com/archives/a-look-back-at-hurricane-hugo-five-years-after-the/article_824c6f05-6be3-56eb-b442-87eaa6ee6467.html|archive-date=7 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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.<ref name=inventory>{{cite web |last=Yasko |first=Karel |title=H. L. Hunley (Submarine) |work=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form – Inventory |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |date=February 1976 |url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710107/S10817710107.pdf |access-date=28 April 2012}}</ref> Spence's book ''Treasures of the Confederate Coast'', which had a chapter on his discovery of ''Hunley'' and included a map complete with an "X" showing the wreck's location, was published in January 1995.<ref>''Treasures of the Confederate Coast: The "Real Rhett Butler" & Other Revelations'' by Dr. E. Lee Spence, Narwhal Press, Charleston/Miami, 1995, p. 54</ref>
== Wreck ==
The ''Hunley'' discovery was described by Dr. William Dudley, Director of Naval History at the [[Naval Historical Center]] as "probably the most important [American underwater archaeological] find of the [20th] century."<ref>[http://www.thehunley.com/factsheet.htm Facts]</ref> The tiny sub and its contents have been valued at more than $40 million, making its discovery and subsequent [[donation]] one of the most important and valuable contributions ever to South Carolina.


Diver Ralph Wilbanks located the wreck in April 1995 while leading a [[National Underwater and Marine Agency|NUMA]] dive team originally organized by archaeologist Mark Newell and funded by novelist [[Clive Cussler]],<ref>''Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine'' by B. Hicks and S. Kropf, Ballantine Publishing, N.Y., 2002, p. 131</ref> who announced the find as a new discovery<ref>NUMA News release, Austin, Texas, May 11, 1995</ref> and first claimed that the location was in about {{cvt|18|ft}} of water over {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} inshore of ''Housatonic'', but later admitted to a reporter that that was false.<ref>"Salvaging Hunley clues: Cussler fibs about sub's depth" by Schuyler Kropf, ''The Post and Courier'', Charleston, S.C., May 11, 1996</ref> The wreck was actually {{cvt|100|yd}} away from and on the ''seaward'' side of ''Housatonic'' in {{convert|27|ft|m}} of water. The submarine was buried under several feet of silt, which had concealed and protected the vessel for over a hundred years. The divers exposed the forward hatch and the ventilator box (the air box for the attachment of her twin snorkels) to identify her. The submarine was resting on her starboard side, at about a 45-degree angle, and was covered in a {{convert|1/4|to|3/4|in|cm}} thick encrustation of [[ferrous oxide|rust]] bonded with sand and seashell particles. Archaeologists exposed part of the ship's port side and uncovered the bow dive plane. More probing revealed an approximate length of {{convert|37|ft|m}}, with the entire vessel preserved under the sediment.<ref>''H.L. Hunley Site Assessment'', NPS, NHC and SCIAA, edited by Larry Murphy (SCRU), 1998, pp. 6–13, 63–66</ref>
[[File:CSSHLHunleyrecovery.jpg|thumb|''H. L. Hunley'', suspended from a crane during its recovery from Charleston Harbor, August 8, 2000. (''Photograph from the [[Naval Historical Center|U.S. Naval Historical Center]].)'']]
The ''Hunley'' discovery is claimed by two different individuals. Underwater Archaeologist [[E. Lee Spence]], president, [[Sea Research Society]], reportedly discovered ''Hunley'' in 1970.<ref>[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070624/2hunley_2.htm Cover Story: Time Capsule From The Sea - ''U.S. News & World Report'', July 2-9, 2007]</ref><ref>'Ghosts from the Coast'', "Dr. E. Lee Spence, The Man Who Found the Hunley" by Nancy Roberts, UNC Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8078-2665-2, pp. 89-94</ref> and has a collection of evidence<ref>[http://www.shipwrecks.com/attachments.html Attachments to Spence's sworn Affidavit of Discovery]</ref> claiming to validate this, including a 1980 Civil Admiralty Case.<ref>United States District Court, District of Charleston, Case #80-1303-8, Filed July 8, 1980</ref>


On 14 September 1995, at the official request of Senator Glenn F. McConnell, Chairman, South Carolina ''Hunley'' Commission,<ref>Minutes of the Hunley Commission Meeting of September 14, 1995</ref> E. Lee Spence, with South Carolina Attorney General Charles M. Condon signing, donated ''Hunley'' to the State of South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spence's Hunley papers – Assignment of Interest Sept 14 1995 |url=https://shipwrecks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Spences-Hunley-papers-Assignment-of-Interest-Sept-14-1995-150-dpi.jpg |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129043604/https://shipwrecks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Spences-Hunley-papers-Assignment-of-Interest-Sept-14-1995-150-dpi.jpg |archive-date=29 January 2022}} "Assignment of Interest," September 14, 1995, signed by E. Lee Spence and Charles Molony Condon, Attorney General State of South Carolina</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Spence's Hunley papers – Attorney General Condon thank you Sept 20 1995 |url=https://shipwrecks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Spences-Hunley-papers-Attorney-General-Condon-thank-you-Sept-20-1995.jpg |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129043449/https://shipwrecks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Spences-Hunley-papers-Attorney-General-Condon-thank-you-Sept-20-1995.jpg |archive-date=29 January 2022 |date=20 September 1995}}</ref><ref>"Hunley claimant signs over rights to state" by Sid Gaulden, ''The Post and Courier'', Charleston, S.C., September 15, 1995</ref> Shortly thereafter, NUMA disclosed to government officials Wilbank's location for the wreck which, when finally made public in October 2000, matched Spence's 1970s plot of the wreck's location well within standard mapping tolerances.<ref>'Whose X marks the spot?' by W. Thomas Smith Jr., ''Charleston City Paper'', Charleston, S.C., October 4, 2000, p. 16</ref> Spence avows that he discovered ''Hunley'' in 1970, revisiting and mapping the site in 1971 and again in 1979, and that after he published the location in his 1995 book he expected NUMA to independently verify the wreck as ''Hunley'', not to claim that NUMA had discovered her. NUMA was actually part of a [[SCIAA]] expedition directed by Dr. [[Mark M. Newell]] and not Cussler.<ref>"News," official press release by NUMA, listing Clive Cussler as a contact, Austin, Texas, May 11, 1995</ref><ref>''The Hunley: Submarines, Sacrifice & Success in the Civil War'' by Mark Ragan, Narwhal Press Inc., {{ISBN|1-886391-04-1}}, p. 186</ref> Dr. Newell swore under oath that he used Spence's maps to direct the joint SCIAA/NUMA expedition and credited Spence with the original discovery. Dr. Newell credits his expedition only with the official verification of ''Hunley''.<ref>''The Andy Thomas Show'', live radio interview by Andy Thomas with Dr. Newell, Dr. Spence and Claude Petrone, Columbia, S.C., August 2001</ref>
On September 13, 1976, the National Park Service submitted 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 December 29, 1978<ref name = inventory>{{Cite web | last = Yasko | first = Karel | title = H. L. Hunley (Submarine) | work = National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form - Inventory | publisher = [[National Park Service]] | date = February 1976 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710107/S10817710107.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 28 Arptil 2012}}</ref> Spence's book ''Treasures of the Confederate Coast'', which had a chapter on his discovery of ''Hunley'' and included a map complete with an "X" showing the wreck's location, was published in January 1995.<ref>''Treasures of the Confederate Coast: The "Real Rhett Butler" & Other Revelations'' by Dr. E. Lee Spence, Narwhal Press, Charleston/Miami, © 1995, p.54</ref>


The ''in situ'' underwater archaeological investigation and excavation culminated with the raising of ''Hunley'' on 8 August 2000.<ref name=Neyland2005>{{cite journal |author=Neyland, Robert S |title=Underwater Archaeology and the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley |journal=In: Godfrey, JM; Shumway, SE. Diving for Science 2005. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences Symposium on March 10–12, 2005 at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Groton, Connecticut. |publisher=[[American Academy of Underwater Sciences]] |year=2005 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/9012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113043821/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/9012 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |access-date=2011-01-09}}</ref> A large team of professionals from the Naval Historical Center's [[Underwater Archaeology Branch, Naval History & Heritage Command|Underwater Archaeology Branch]], [[National Park Service]], the [[South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology]], and various other individuals investigated the vessel, measuring and documenting her before removal. Once the on-site investigation was complete, harnesses were slipped underneath the sub and attached to a truss designed by [[Oceaneering International]]. After the last harness had been secured, the crane from the recovery barge ''Karlissa B'' hoisted the submarine from the sea floor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prolamsausa.com/pdf/casestudies/HunleyCS.pdf|title=Tubería y Perfiles |website=Prolamsa.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715121343/http://www.prolamsausa.com/pdf/casestudies/HunleyCS.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Teaster|first=Gerald|title=Karlissa B Crane|url=https://myhighinfo.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-karlissa-b-600-ton-capacity-crane.html|website=My High Info}}</ref> She was raised from the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean, just over {{convert|3.5|nmi|km}} from Sullivan's Island outside the entrance to Charleston Harbor. Despite having used a sextant and hand-held compass thirty years earlier to plot the wreck's location, Dr. Spence's {{cvt|52|m}} accuracy turned out to be well within the length of the recovery barge, which was {{cvt|64|m}} long.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.titansalvage.com/jackupbarges/jackupspecs.pdf |title=Crowley Maritime Corporation |website=www.titansalvage.com |access-date=11 January 2022 }}{{dead link|date=October 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shipwrecks.com/mapHunleySitefield1979.htm|title=Annotated section of November 24, 1979, edition of NOAA chart 11523 with Spence's 1980 claim area and showing sites marked "it" which is the wreck of the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley and "W.O," which is the old Housatonic wreck buoy.|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704114344/http://www.shipwrecks.com/mapHunleySitefield1979.htm|archive-date=July 4, 2008}}</ref> On 8 August 2000, at 08:37, the sub broke the surface for the first time in more than 136 years, greeted by a cheering crowd on shore and in surrounding watercraft, including author Clive Cussler. Once safely on her transporting barge, ''Hunley'' was shipped back to Charleston. The removal operation concluded when the submarine was secured inside the [[Warren Lasch Conservation Center]], at the former [[Charleston Navy Yard]] in North Charleston, in a specially designed tank of fresh water to await conservation until she could eventually be exposed to air.
Diver Ralph Wilbanks found the wreck in April 1995 while leading a [[National Underwater and Marine Agency|NUMA]] dive team led by novelist [[Clive Cussler]],<ref>
''Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine'' by B. Hicks and S. Kropf, Ballantine Publishing, NY, © 2002, p. 131</ref> who announced the find as a new discovery<ref>NUMA News release, Austin, Texas, May 11, 1995</ref> and first claimed that it was in about 18 feet (5 m) of water over a mile inshore of the ''Housatonic'', but later admitted to a reporter that that was false.<ref>"Salvaging Hunley clues: Cussler fibs about sub's depth" by Schuyler Kropf, ''The Post and Courier'', Charleston, SC, May 11, 1996</ref> The wreck was actually 100 yards away from the ''Housatonic'' in 27 feet (8 m) of water. The submarine was buried under several feet of silt, which had concealed and protected the vessel for more than a hundred years. The divers exposed the forward hatch and the ventilator box (the air box for the attachment of a snorkel) to identify her. The submarine was resting on her starboard side at about a 45-degree angle and was covered in a ¼- to ¾-inch (0.6- to 1.9-centimeter) encrustation of [[ferrous oxide|rust]] bonded with sand and seashell particles. Archaeologists exposed part of the ship's port side and uncovered the bow dive plane. More probing revealed an approximate length of 37 feet (11 m), with all of the vessel preserved under the sediment.<ref>''H.L. Hunley Site Assessment'', NPS, NHC and SCIAA, edited by Larry Murphy (SCRU), 1998, pp. 6-13, 63-66</ref>


The exploits of ''Hunley'' and her final recovery were the subject of an episode of the television series ''[[The Sea Hunters: True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks|The Sea Hunters]]'', called ''Hunley: First Kill''. This program was based on a section ("Part 6") in Clive Cussler's 1996 non-fiction book of the same name (which was accepted by the Board of Governors of the Maritime College of the State University of New York in lieu of his Ph.D. thesis).<ref>''The Arizona Republic'', May 18, 1997; page unknown, dated cut-out article</ref>
On September 14, 1995, at the official request of Senator Glenn F. McConnell, Chairman, South Carolina ''Hunley'' Commission,<ref>Minutes of the Hunley Commission Meeting of September 14, 1995</ref> E. Lee Spence, with South Carolina Attorney General Charles M. Condon signing, [http://web.archive.org/web/20030115192620/hunleyarchives.org/1SCAttorneyGen092095.jpg donated] the ''Hunley'' to the State of South Carolina.<ref>"Assignment of Interest," September 14, 1995, signed by E. Lee Spence and Charles Molony Condon, Attorney General State of South Carolina</ref><ref>"Hunley claimant signs over rights to state" by Sid Gaulden, ''The Post and Courier'', Charleston, SC, September 15, 1995</ref> Shortly thereafter NUMA disclosed to government officials Wilbank's location for the wreck, which, when finally made public in October 2000, matched Spence's 1970s plot of the wreck's location well within standard mapping tolerances.<ref>'Whose X marks the spot?' by W. Thomas Smith Jr., ''Charleston City Paper'', Charleston, SC, October 4, 2000, p. 16</ref> Spence avows that he not only discovered the ''Hunley'' in 1970 he revisited and mapped the site in 1971 and again in 1979, and that after he published his location in his 1995 book that he expected NUMA (which was actually part of a [[SCIAA]] expedition directed by Dr. [[Mark M. Newell]] and not Cussler<ref>"News," official press release by NUMA, listing Clive Cussler as a contact, Austin, Texas, May 11, 1995</ref><ref>''The Hunley: Submarines, Sacrifice & Success in the Civil War'' by Mark Ragan, Narwhal Press Inc., ISBN 1-886391-04-1, p. 186</ref>) to independently verify the wreck as the ''Hunley'', not to claim that NUMA had discovered it. Interestingly, Dr. Newell has sworn under oath that he used Spence's maps to direct the joint SCIAA/NUMA expedition and credits Spence with the original discovery and credits his expedition only with the official verification.<ref>''The Andy Thomas Show'', live radio interview by Andy Thomas with Dr. Newell, Dr. Spence and Claude Petrone, Columbia, SC, August, 2001</ref>


In 2001, Clive Cussler filed a lawsuit against E. Lee Spence for unfair competition, injurious falsehood, civil conspiracy, and defamation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=20011011&id=k3UiAAAAIBAJ&pg=3450,1370913|work=The Item |title=H.L. Hunley Discovery Case Heads to Court|agency=Associated Press|author=Bruce Smith|date=October 11, 2001}}</ref> Spence filed a countersuit against Cussler, in 2002, seeking damages, claiming that Cussler was engaging in unfair competition, tortious interference, and civil conspiracy by claiming Cussler had discovered the location of the wreck of ''Hunley'' in 1995 when she had already been discovered by Spence in 1970, and that such claims by Cussler were damaging to Spence's career, and had caused him damages over $100,000.<ref>Civil Action Number 2:01-cv-04006-SB, Date Filed 05/31/2002, entry number 35, pp. 32–40</ref> Spence's lawsuit was dismissed through summary judgment in 2007, on the legal theory that, under the Lanham Act, regardless of whether Cussler's claims were factual or not, Cussler had been making them for over three years before Spence brought his suit against Cussler; thus the suit was not filed within the statute of limitations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judge dismisses counterclaim in Hunley lawsuit |url=http://www.historynet.com/judge-dismisses-counterclaim-in-hunley-lawsuit.htm |website=HistoryNet.com |publisher=The Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105072135/http://www.historynet.com/judge-dismisses-counterclaim-in-hunley-lawsuit.htm |archive-date=January 5, 2015 |date=May 18, 2007}}</ref> Cussler dropped his suit a year later,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20080823/PC1602/308239956|title=Cussler ends lawsuit over finding Hunley|first=Schuyler|last=Kropf}}</ref> after the judge agreed that Spence could introduce evidence in support of his discovery claims as a truth defense against Cussler's claims against him.<ref>Civil Action Number 2:01-cv-04006-SB, Date Filed 06/06/08, Entry Number 209, p. 8 of 30</ref>
The ''in situ'' underwater archaeological investigation and excavation culminated with the raising of ''Hunley'' on August 8, 2000.<ref name=Neyland2005>{{cite journal |author=Neyland, Robert S |title=Underwater Archaeology and the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley. |journal=In: Godfrey, JM; Shumway, SE. Diving For Science 2005. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences Symposium on March 10–12, 2005 at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Groton, Connecticut. |publisher=[[American Academy of Underwater Sciences]] |year=2005 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/9012 |accessdate=2011-01-09}}</ref> A large team of professionals from the [[Naval Historical Center]]'s [[Underwater Archaeology Branch, Naval History & Heritage Command|Underwater Archaeology Branch]], [[National Park Service]], the South Carolina [[Institute of Archaeology]] and Anthropology, and various other individuals investigated the vessel, measuring and documenting it prior to removal. Once the on-site investigation was complete, harnesses were slipped underneath the sub and attached to a truss designed by [[Oceaneering International]]. After the last harness had been secured, the crane from the recovery barge ''Karlissa B'' hoisted the submarine from the sea floor.<ref>http://www.prolamsausa.com/pdf/casestudies/HunleyCS.pdf</ref><ref>http://juniorhistory.com/karlissa.html</ref> It was raised from the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean, just over {{convert|3.5|nmi|km}} from Sullivan's Island outside of the entrance to Charleston Harbor. Despite having used a sextant and hand-held compass, thirty years earlier, to plot the wreck's location, Dr. Spence's 52 meters accuracy turned out to be well within the length of the recovery barge, which was 64 meters long.<ref>http://www.titansalvage.com/jackupbarges/jackupspecs.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.shipwrecks.com/mapHunleySitefield1979.htm</ref> On August 8, 2000, at 8:37 a.m., the sub broke the surface for the first time in more than 136 years, greeted by a cheering crowd on shore and in surrounding watercraft, including author [[Clive Cussler]]. Once safely on her transporting barge, ''Hunley'' was shipped back to Charleston. The removal operation concluded when the submarine was secured inside the [[Warren Lasch Conservation Center]], at the former [[Charleston Navy Yard]] in [[North Charleston, South Carolina|North Charleston]], in a specially designed tank of fresh water to await conservation.


''Hunley'' may be viewed during tours at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in Charleston. A replica is on display at the [[USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park]], Mobile, Alabama, alongside the {{USS|Alabama|BB-60}} and the {{USS|Drum|SS-228}}.
The exploits of the ''Hunley'' and its final recovery were the subject of an episode of the television series ''[[The Sea Hunters: True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks|The Sea Hunters]]'', called ''Hunley: First Kill''. This program is based on a chapter in Clive Cussler's novel by the same name.

In June 2011, a conservation lab rotated the sub upright for the first time since it sank.<ref>http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110624/ap_on_re_us/us_confederate_submarine_10</ref>


== Crew ==
== Crew ==
[[File:16 20 146 hunley.jpg|thumb|H.L. Hunley Memorial Marker at [[Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)|Magnolia Cemetery]]]]
The crew was composed of Lieutenant [[George E. Dixon]] (Commander), Frank Collins, Joseph F. Ridgaway, James A. Wicks, Arnold Becker, Corporal C. F. Carlsen, C. Lumpkin, and Augstus Miller.
The crew was composed of Lieutenant George E. Dixon (Commander) (of Alabama or Ohio), Frank Collins (of Virginia), Joseph F. Ridgaway (of Maryland), James A. Wicks (North Carolina native living in Florida), Arnold Becker (of Germany), Corporal Johan Frederik Carlsen (of Denmark), C. Lumpkin (probably of the British Isles), and Augustus Miller (probably a former member of the [[German Americans in the American Civil War|German Artillery]]).<ref>{{cite web|author1=Willie Drye|title=Hunley Findings Put Faces on Civil War Submarine|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0409_040411_hunleycrew_2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050712075250/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0409_040411_hunleycrew_2.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2005|website=National Geographic News|access-date=9 August 2017|pages=2|date=April 12, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Crew of Hunley studied|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/10/18/met_100932.shtml|website=The Augusta Chronicle|accessdate=24 August 2017|date=24 August 2017|archivedate=7 November 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107005913/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/10/18/met_100932.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Apart from the submarine commander, Lieutenant George E. Dixon, the identities of the volunteer crewmen of ''Hunley'' had long remained a mystery. [[Douglas Owsley]], a [[Physical anthropology|physical anthropologist]] working for the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s [[National Museum of Natural History]], examined the remains and determined that four of the men were American born, while the four others were of European birth, based on the chemical signatures left on the men's teeth and bones by the predominant components of their diet. Four men had eaten plenty of corn, an American diet, while the remainder ate mostly wheat and rye, a mainly European diet. By examining Civil War records and conducting [[DNA]] testing with possible relatives, forensic genealogist Linda Abrams identified the remains of Dixon and the three other Americans: Frank G. Collins of Fredericksburg, Va., Joseph Ridgaway, and James A. Wicks.<ref name="Chaffin2010"/> Identifying the European crewmen has been more problematic, but was apparently solved in late 2004. The position of the remains indicated that the men died at their stations and were not trying to escape from the sinking submarine.<ref name="PLOSONE">{{cite journal |last1=Lance |first1=Rachel M. |author-link=Rachel Lance |last2=Stalcup |first2=Lucas |last3=Wojtylak |first3=Brad |last4=Bass |first4=Cameron R. |date=2017-08-23 |title=Air blast injuries killed the crew of the submarine ''H.L. Hunley'' |journal=[[PLoS ONE]] |volume=12 |issue=8 |pages=e0182244 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1282244L |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0182244 |pmc=5568114 |pmid=28832592 |doi-access=free}}</ref>


On 17 April 2004, the remains of the crew were laid to rest at [[Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)|Magnolia Cemetery]], in Charleston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=press&ID=100|title=Friends of the Hunley<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=hunley.org|access-date=26 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030727190020/http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=press&ID=100|archive-date=27 July 2003}}</ref> Tens of thousands of people attended including some 6,000 reenactors and 4,000 civilians wearing period clothing. Color guards from all five branches of the U.S. armed forces—wearing modern uniforms—were also in the procession.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040419112545/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0416_040416_hunleyfuneral.html "Last Funeral of the Civil War" to Put ''Hunley'' Crew to Rest<!-- Bot generated title -->] (dead link 25 February 2020)</ref> Even though only two of the crew were from the Confederate States, all were buried with full Confederate honors, including being buried with the 2nd Confederate national flag,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316235951/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0416_040416_hunleyfuneral_2.html "Last Funeral of the Civil War" to Put ''Hunley'' Crew to Rest<!-- Bot generated title -->] (dead link 25 February 2020)</ref> known as the [[Stainless Banner]].
Apart from the commander of the submarine, Lieutenant George E. Dixon, the identities of the volunteer crewmen of the ''Hunley'' had long remained a mystery. [[Douglas Owsley]], a [[Physical anthropology|physical anthropologist]] working for the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s [[National Museum of Natural History]], examined the remains and determined that four of the men were American born, while the four others were European born, based on the chemical signatures left on the men's teeth and bones by the predominant components of their diet. Four of the men had eaten plenty of corn, an American diet, while the remainder ate mostly wheat and rye, a mainly European one. By examining Civil War records and conducting [[DNA]] testing with possible relatives, forensic genealogist Linda Abrams was able to identify the remains of Dixon and the three other Americans: Frank G. Collins of Fredericksburg, Va., Joseph Ridgaway, and James A. Wicks. Identifying the European crewmen has been more problematic, but was apparently solved in late 2004. The position of the remains indicated that the men died at their stations and were not trying to escape from the sinking submarine.{{Citation needed|reason=the entire paragraph above has no source cited. I believe the information is in a book called ''The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy'' by Tom Chaffin|date=May 2012}}


Another surprise occurred in 2002, when lead researcher Maria Jacobsen,<!--not the missionary--><ref name=tayl>Tayler, Jeffrey. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080327050623/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0207/feature5/fulltext.html Secret Weapon of the Confederacy]" ''[[National Geographic (magazine)]]'', July 2002. Accessed: December 22, 2014.</ref><ref name=imdb>"[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2023678/ Secret Weapon of the Confederacy]" ''[[IMDb]]'', September 15, 2011. Accessed: December 22, 2014.</ref> examining the area close to Lieutenant Dixon, found a misshapen $20 gold piece, minted in 1860, with the inscription ''"Shiloh April 6, 1862, My life Preserver G. E. D."'' on a sanded-smooth area of the coin's reverse side, and a [[Forensic anthropology|forensic anthropologist]] found a healed injury to Lt. Dixon's [[human pelvis|hip bone]]. The findings matched a family legend that Dixon's sweetheart, Queenie Bennett, had given him the coin to protect him. However, the supposed relationship between Bennett and Dixon has not been supported by archaeological investigations of the legend. Dixon had the coin with him at the [[Battle of Shiloh]], where he was wounded in the thigh on 6 April 1862. The bullet struck the coin in his pocket, saving his leg and possibly his life. He had the gold coin engraved and carried it as a lucky charm.<ref>{{cite news|title= Civil War legends surface with sub Fort Collins expert studies exhumed sailors|author=Ron Franscell|newspaper=The Denver Post|date=November 18, 2002|page=A1|author-link=Ron Franscell}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=GOLDCOIN|title=The Legend of the gold coin|website=hunley.org|access-date=26 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811025755/http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=GOLDCOIN|archive-date=11 August 2002}}</ref>
On April 17, 2004 the remains of the crew were laid to rest at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina.<ref>http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=press&ID=100</ref> Tens of thousands of people attended including some 6,000 reenactors and 4,000 civilians wearing period clothing. Color guards from all five branches of the U.S. armed forces—wearing modern uniforms—were also in the procession.<ref>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0416_040416_hunleyfuneral.html</ref> Even though only two of the crew were from Confederate States all were buried with full Confederate honors, including being buried with the 2nd Confederate national flag <ref>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0416_040416_hunleyfuneral_2.html</ref>, known as the [[Stainless Banner]].


Adam Jon Kronegh of the Danish National Archive identified the J.F. Carlsen of ''Hunley''. Johan Frederik Carlsen was born in [[Ærøskøbing]] 9 April 1841. The last year he was registered in the census of Ærøskøbing was 1860, when he was registered as a "sailor". His father was registered as a cobbler, and the teeth of Carlsen's remains in ''Hunley'' still bear significant marks of a so-called "tailor's notch", probably from helping his father with needle and thread from childhood.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-23 |title=J. F. Carlsen from the Hunley identified |url=https://www.sa.dk/en/home/hunley |access-date=2023-08-08 |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423040724/https://www.sa.dk/en/home/hunley |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In 1861, J.F. Carlsen entered the freight ship ''Grethe'' of [[Dragør]]. The ship landed in Charleston in February 1861, where records in the Danish military archives show that Carlsen deserted the ship. In June 1861, he entered ''Jefferson Davis'' (the Confederate privateer brig originally named ''Putnam'') as a mate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sa.dk/en/home/hunley|title=Press release: J. F. Carlsen from the Hunley identified|date=28 September 2015|publisher=[[Danish National Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.b.dk/viden/mysteriet-om-den-8.-mand|title=Mysteriet om den 8. mand|trans-title=The Mystery of the 8th Man|date=27 September 2015|newspaper=[[Berlingske]]|language=da}}</ref>
Another surprise occurred in 2002, when a researcher examining the area close to Lieutenant Dixon found a misshapen $20 gold piece, minted in 1860, with the inscription ''"Shiloh April 6, 1862 My life Preserver G. E. D."'' on a sanded-smooth area of the coin's reverse side, and a [[Forensic anthropology|forensic anthropologist]] found a healed injury to Lt. Dixon's [[human pelvis|hip bone]]. The findings matched a legend, passed down in the family, that Dixon's sweetheart, Queenie Bennett, had given him the coin to protect him. Dixon had the coin with him at the [[Battle of Shiloh]], where he was wounded in the thigh on April 6, 1862. The bullet struck the coin in his pocket, saving his leg and possibly his life. He had the gold coin engraved and carried it as a lucky charm.<ref>{{cite news|title= Civil War legends surface with sub Fort Collins expert studies exhumed sailors|author= Ron Franscell|publisher=The Denver Post|date=November 18, 2002|page=A1}}</ref><ref>[http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=GOLDCOIN The Legend of the gold coin]</ref>


== Tours ==
== Tours ==
Visitors can obtain tickets for guided tours of the conservation laboratory that houses the ''Hunley'' at the [[Warren Lasch Conservation Center]] on weekends. The Center includes artifacts found inside the ''Hunley'', exhibits about the submarine and a video.
The ''Hunley'' is on display at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center. The center includes artifacts recovered from inside ''Hunley'' and exhibits about the submarine.


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
* The first episode of the 1963 TV CBS series, ''[[The Great Adventure (TV series)|The Great Adventure]]'', featured a dramatization loosely based on the events leading up to and including the ''Hunley''{{'}}s last mission. It starred [[Jackie Cooper]] as Lt. "Dickson". [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0592453/]
* ''Hunley''{{'}}s story was the subject of the first episode (entitled "The Hunley") of the TV series ''[[The Great Adventure (U.S. TV series)|The Great Adventure]]''. It aired on 27 September 1963 on [[CBS]]. The role of Lt. Dixon (misspelled in the credits as "Lt. Dickson") was played by [[Jackie Cooper]].
* The original [[TNT Network]] made-for-cable movie "[[The Hunley]]" (1999) tells the story of the ''H. L. Hunley''{{'}}s final mission while on station in Charleston, SC. It stars [[Armand Assante]] as Lt. Dixon and [[Donald Sutherland]] as General Beauregard, Dixon's direct superior on the ''Hunley'' project. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162897/]
* The original [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT Network]] made-for-cable movie ''[[The Hunley]]'' (1999) tells the story of ''H. L. Hunley''{{'}}s final mission while on station in Charleston. It stars [[Armand Assante]], as Lt. Dixon, and [[Donald Sutherland]], as [[P. G. T. Beauregard|General Beauregard]], Dixon's direct superior on the ''Hunley'' project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162897/|title=The Hunley|date=11 July 1999|access-date=26 September 2017|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>
* The ''Hunley'' is the inspiration of the [[Sons of Confederate Veterans]] [[H. L. Hunley JROTC Award]] presented to cadets on the basis of strong corps values, honor, courage and commitment to their unit during the school year.<ref>http://www.scscv.com/publications/JROTCHunleyAward.pdf</ref>
* ''Hunley'' is the inspiration of the [[Sons of Confederate Veterans]], H. L. Hunley JROTC Award, presented to cadets based on strong corps values, honor, courage, and commitment to their unit during the school year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scscv.com/publications/JROTCHunleyAward.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716022959/http://www.scscv.com/publications/JROTCHunleyAward.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-16 }}</ref>
* In the novel ''[[The Stingray Shuffle]]'' by [[Tim Dorsey]], a minor [[drug cartel]] decides to emulate the larger cartels' [[narco-submarine]] [[cocaine]] trafficking by building a replica of ''Hunley'' using blueprints downloaded off the Internet.
* The story of the Duke University experiments that concluded the ''Hunley'' crew died of pulmonary blast trauma became the subject of the non-fiction book ''In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine'' by [[Rachel Lance]] (2020).<ref name=":1" />

== See also ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{USS|Alligator|1862}} – U. S. Navy submarine launched a year before ''Hunley''
* [[Turtle (submersible)|The ''American Turtle'']] – built in 1775, the world's first submersible with a documented record of use in combat
* [[French submarine Plongeur|French submarine ''Plongeur'']] – launched a few months before ''Hunley''
* [[Peral Submarine|''Peral'' Submarine]] – 1888 submarine from Spain, the first to be powered by electric batteries


== References ==
== References ==

===Citations===
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== Bibliography ==
===Bibliography===
*''The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy'' by Tom Chaffin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008), ISBN 0-8090-9512-2
* ''The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy'' by Tom Chaffin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008), {{ISBN|0-8090-9512-2}}
* ''The Hunley: Submarines, Sacrifice & Success in the Civil War'' by Mark Ragan (Narwhal Press, Charleston/Miami, 1995), ISBN 1-886391-43-2
* ''The Hunley: Submarines, Sacrifice & Success in the Civil War'' by Mark Ragan (Narwhal Press, Charleston/Miami, 1995), {{ISBN|1-886391-43-2}}
* ''Ghosts from the Coast'', "The Man Who Found the Hunley" by Nancy Roberts, UNC Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8078-2665-2
* ''Ghosts from the Coast'', "The Man Who Found the Hunley" by Nancy Roberts, UNC Press, 2001, {{ISBN|978-0-8078-2665-2}}
* ''Treasures of the Confederate Coast: the "real Rhett Butler" & Other Revelations'' by [[Dr. E. Lee Spence]], (Narwhal Press, Charleston/Miami, 1995), ISBN 1-886391-00-9
* ''Treasures of the Confederate Coast: the "real Rhett Butler" & Other Revelations'' by [[Dr. E. Lee Spence]], (Narwhal Press, Charleston/Miami, 1995), {{ISBN|1-886391-00-9}}
* ''Civil War Sub'' ISBN 0-448-42597-1
* ''Civil War Sub'' {{ISBN|0-448-42597-1}}
* ''The Voyage of the Hunley'', ISBN 1-58080-094-7
* ''The Voyage of the Hunley'', {{ISBN|1-58080-094-7}}
* ''Raising the Hunley'', ISBN 0-345-44772-7
* ''Raising the Hunley'', {{ISBN|0-345-44772-7}}
* ''The CSS H. L. Hunley'', ISBN 1-57249-175-2
* ''The CSS H. L. Hunley'', {{ISBN|1-57249-175-2}}
* ''The CSS Hunley'', ISBN 0-87833-219-7
* ''The CSS Hunley'', {{ISBN|0-87833-219-7}}
* ''Shipwreck Encyclopedia of the Civil War: South Carolina & Georgia, 1861-1865'' by Edward Lee Spence (Sullivan's Island, S. C., Shipwreck Press, 1991) [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/24420089&referer=brief_results OCLC: 24420089]
* ''Shipwreck Encyclopedia of the Civil War: South Carolina & Georgia, 1861–1865'' by Edward Lee Spence (Sullivan's Island, S. C., Shipwreck Press, 1991) [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/24420089&referer=brief_results OCLC: 24420089] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929145641/http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/24420089%26referer%3Dbrief_results |date=September 29, 2007 }}
* ''Shipwrecks of South Carolina and Georgia : (includes Spence's List, 1520-1865)'' Sullivan's Island, S. C. (Sullivan's Island 29482, Sea Research Society, 1984) [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/2846435&referer=brief_results OCLC 10593079]
* ''Shipwrecks of South Carolina and Georgia: (includes Spence's List, 1520–1865)'' Sullivan's Island, S. C. (Sullivan's Island 29482, Sea Research Society, 1984){{OCLC|10593079}}
* ''Shipwrecks of the Civil War : Charleston, South Carolina, 1861-1865'' map by E. Lee Spence (Sullivan's Island, S. C., 1984) [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/11214217&referer=brief_results OCLC 11214217]
* ''Shipwrecks of the Civil War : Charleston, South Carolina, 1861–1865'' map by E. Lee Spence (Sullivan's Island, S. C., 1984) {{OCLC|11214217}}
* {{cite book | author =Robert F. Burgess| coauthors = | title = Ships Beneath the Sea: A History of Subs and Submersibles | year =1975 | editor = | pages = 238| chapter = | chapterurl = | publisher =McGraw Hill | location =United States of America | id = | url = | format = | accessdate = }}
* {{cite book | author =Robert F. Burgess| title = Ships Beneath the Sea: A History of Subs and Submersibles | url =https://archive.org/details/shipsbeneathseaa00burg| url-access =registration| year =1975 | page = [https://archive.org/details/shipsbeneathseaa00burg/page/238 238]| publisher =McGraw Hill | location =New York| isbn = 9780070089587 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Crawford |first1=Thomas A. |title=Why Did H. L. Hunley Sink? |journal=Warship International |date=June 2018 |volume=LV |issue=2 |pages=165–166 |issn=0043-0374}}
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=5916 US Navy]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031225182147/http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=5916 |title=US Navy |date=2003-12-25}}
* [http://www.hunley.org/ Friends of the ''Hunley''] - includes visiting information
* [http://www.hunley.org/ Friends of the ''Hunley''] includes visiting information
* [http://www.shipwrecks.com Sea Research Society links to ''Hunley'']
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613002334/http://www.shipwrecks.com/ |title=Sea Research Society links to ''Hunley'' |date=2006-06-13}}
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org12-3.htm "''H. L. Hunley'', Confederate Submarine"] at the [[Naval Historical Center|U.S. Naval Historical Center]]
* {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100407205221/http%3A//history%2Enavy%2Emil/branches/org12%2D3%2Ehtm |title="''H. L. Hunley'', Confederate Submarine" at the U.S. Naval Historical Center |date=2010-04-07}}
* [http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/Confederate_Submarine.htm Pre-Hunley – Confederate Submarines]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162897/ The Hunley (TV movie)]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcalhou/hunley.html Rootsweb]
* [http://www.VernianEra.com/Hunley ''Hunley'' – Archaeological Interpretation and 3D Reconstruction]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030204150346/http://www.hunleyarchives.org/listofdocuments.htm |title=Hunley Related Items |date=2003-02-04}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014043545/http://hnsa.org/ships/hunley.htm |title=HNSA Web Page: H.L. Hunley |date=2007-10-14}}
* [http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1376 H.L. Hunley article, Encyclopedia of Alabama] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616083132/http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1376 |date=2010-06-16 }}
* [http://californiadiver.com/?p=8621 An Interview with Lee Spence – Discoverer of the Confederate Submarine HL Hunley]


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* [http://www.VernianEra.com/Hunley''Hunley'' - Archaeological Interpretation and 3D Reconstruction]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030204150346/www.hunleyarchives.org/listofdocuments.htm Hunley Related Items]
* [http://www.hnsa.org/ships/hunley.htm HNSA Web Page: H.L. Hunley]
* [http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1376 H.L. Hunley article, Encyclopedia of Alabama]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=pr&FSctf=223 Find A graves on the CSS Hunley crew]
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1864 painting of H. L. Hunley by Conrad Wise Chapman
History
Confederate States
NameH. L. Hunley
NamesakeHorace Lawson Hunley
BuilderJames McClintock
Laid downEarly 1863
LaunchedJuly 1863
AcquiredAugust 1863
In service17 February 1864
Out of service17 February 1864
StatusRaised in 2000 and preserved in H. L. Hunley Museum
General characteristics
Displacement7.5 short tons (6.8 t)
Length39.5 ft (12.0 m) (unconfirmed)
Beam3.83 ft (1.17 m)
PropulsionHand-cranked ducted propeller
Speed4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) (surface)
Complement2 officer, 6 enlisted
Armament1 spar torpedo
H. L. HUNLEY (submarine)
H. L. Hunley is located in South Carolina
H. L. Hunley
H. L. Hunley is located in the United States
H. L. Hunley
Nearest cityNorth Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates32°44′0″N 79°46′0″W / 32.73333°N 79.76667°W / 32.73333; -79.76667
Built1864
ArchitectPark & Lyons; Hunley, McClintock & Watson
Websitewww.hunley.org
NRHP reference No.78003412[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 29, 1978

H. L. Hunley, also known as the Hunley, CSS H. L. Hunley, or CSS Hunley, was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that played a small part in the American Civil War. Hunley demonstrated the advantages and dangers of undersea warfare. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship (USS Housatonic), although Hunley was not completely submerged and, following her attack, was lost along with her crew before she could return to base. Twenty-one crewmen died in the three sinkings of Hunley during her short career. She was named for her inventor, Horace Lawson Hunley, shortly after she was taken into government service under the control of the Confederate States Army at Charleston, South Carolina.

Hunley, nearly 40 ft (12 m) long, was built at Mobile, Alabama, and launched in July 1863. She was then shipped by rail on 12 August 1863 to Charleston. Hunley (then referred to as the "fish boat", the "fish torpedo boat", or the "porpoise") sank on 29 August 1863 during a test run, killing five members of her crew. She sank again on 15 October 1863, killing all eight of her second crew, including Horace Lawson Hunley himself, who was aboard at the time, even though he was not a member of the Confederate military. Both times Hunley was raised and returned to service.

On 17 February 1864, Hunley attacked and sank the 1,240-ton United States Navy[2] screw sloop-of-war Housatonic, which had been on Union blockade-duty in Charleston's outer harbor. Hunley did not survive the attack and sank, taking all eight members of her third crew with her, and was lost.

Finally located in 1995, Hunley was raised in 2000 and is on display in North Charleston, South Carolina, at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center on the Cooper River. Examination in 2012 of recovered Hunley artifacts suggested that the submarine was as close as 20 ft (6.1 m) to her target, Housatonic, when her deployed torpedo exploded, which caused the submarine's sinking.[3]

Historical context

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The Civil War, April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865, was a domestic American war where the Union (also called the North) was locked in combat with the Confederates (also called the South). The Union comprised California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. The Confederacy comprised Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

In the beginning of the war, combat was fought with bayonets, horses, wooden ships, and imprecise artillery. During the course of the battle the weaponry changed and such things as: mines, accurate guns, more deadly bullets, torpedoes, and "ironclad" ships became a new standard. Though most of the fighting occurred on land, a critical element of the war was the power struggle at sea. Whichever side controlled the coastline also controlled the shipping imports from Europe and Coastal America, which contained critical resources such as clothes, food, artillery, medicine, and, at times, reinforcements. The Hunley was created to destroy the Union blockade and help gain this all-important coastline advantage.[4][5][6]

Predecessors

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Horace Lawson Hunley provided financing for James McClintock to design three submarines: Pioneer in New Orleans, Louisiana, American Diver built in Mobile, and Hunley.[7]

While the United States Navy was constructing its first submarine USS Alligator, in late 1861, the Confederacy was developing their own. Likely having within them an incessant loyalty to the Confederate states as well as understanding the financial gains that would come from sinking enemy ships,[8] Hunley, McClintock, and Baxter Watson first built Pioneer. She was tested in February 1862 in the Mississippi River and was later towed to Lake Pontchartrain for additional trials. The Union advance towards New Orleans caused the men to abandon development, however, and Pioneer was scuttled the following month.[7] McClintock noted the significance that a boat capable of moving in any direction at any depth could be made, but ultimately decided that such a vessel could be improved.[8] Hunley, Watson, and McClintock moved to Mobile to develop a second submarine, American Diver. They collaborated with Park & Lyons machine shops owners, Thomas Park and Thomas Lyons, in the construction of the vessel.[8][7][9] Their efforts were supported by the Confederate States Army. Lieutenant William Alexander of the 21st Alabama Infantry Regiment was assigned to oversee the project. The builders experimented with several methods of providing the new submarine with self-propulsion, including McClintock's electromagnetic drive, followed by a custom steam engine, but eventually settled on a simple hand-cranked propulsion system as they felt that the time and money lost in implementing such an engine would not be worth the trouble.[8] American Diver was ready for harbor trials by January 1863, but she proved too slow to be practical. Nonetheless, it was decided to tow the submarine down the bay to Fort Morgan and attempt an attack on the Union blockade. However, the submarine foundered in the rough waters caused by foul weather and the currents at the mouth of Mobile Bay and sank.[10] The crew escaped, but the boat was not recovered.[11]

Construction and testing

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Inboard profile and plan drawings, after sketches by W.A. Alexander (1863)
CSS Chicora and CSS Palmetto State
Horace Lawson Hunley, the submarine's namesake and inventor
Drawings of H. L. Hunley from 1900.

Construction of Hunley began soon after the loss of American Diver. At this stage, Hunley was variously referred to as the "fish boat", the "fish torpedo boat", or the "porpoise". Legend held that Hunley was made from a cast-off steam boiler—perhaps because a cutaway drawing by William Alexander, who had seen her, showed a short and stubby machine. In fact, Hunley was designed and built for her role, and the sleek, modern-looking craft shown in R.G. Skerrett's 1902 drawing is an accurate representation. Each end was equipped with ballast tanks that could be flooded by valves or pumped dry by hand pumps. Extra ballast was added using iron weights bolted to the underside of the hull. If the submarine needed additional buoyancy to rise in an emergency, the iron weight could be removed by unscrewing the heads of the bolts from inside the vessel.

The hull of the ship is estimated to originally have been 4 feet 3 inches (1.30) in diameter. The two hatches, accessible by means of conning tower, located in the forward and aft of the vessel, are estimated to have originally measured at 16.5 inches (420 mm) in width and 21 inches (530 mm) in length. The small sizing of the hatches and the cramped quarters made entering, exiting, and maneuvering about the ship remarkably difficult. Hunley was designed for a crew of eight, seven to turn the hand-cranked ducted propeller at about 3.5 horsepower (2.6 kW), and one to steer and direct the boat. At the height of its speed, Hunley could reach 4 knots [Wills, 2017].

By July 1863, Hunley was ready for a demonstration. Supervised by Confederate Admiral Franklin Buchanan, Hunley successfully attacked a coal flatboat in Mobile Bay. Following this, the submarine was shipped by rail to Charleston, South Carolina, on 12 August 1863. However, the Confederate military seized the submarine from her private builders and owners shortly after arriving, turning her over to the Confederate Army. Hunley would operate as a Confederate Army vessel from then on, although Horace Hunley and his partners would remain involved in her further testing and operation. While sometimes called CSS Hunley, she was never officially commissioned into service.

Confederate Navy Lieutenant John A. Payne of CSS Chicora volunteered to be Hunley's captain, and seven men from Chicora and CSS Palmetto State volunteered to operate her. On 29 August 1863, Hunley's new crew was preparing to make a test dive when Lieutenant Payne accidentally stepped on the lever controlling the sub's diving planes as she was running on the surface. This caused Hunley to dive with one of her hatches still open. Payne and two others escaped, but the other five crewmen drowned.
H. L. Hunley crew lost 29 August 1863:

  • Michael Cane
  • Nicholas Davis
  • Frank Doyle
  • John Kelly
  • Absolum Williams

The Confederate Army took control of Hunley, with all orders coming directly from General P. G. T. Beauregard, with Lt. George E. Dixon placed in charge. On 15 October 1863, Hunley failed to surface after a mock attack, killing all eight crewmen. Among these was Hunley himself, who had joined the crew for the exercise and possibly had taken over command from Dixon for the attack maneuver. The Confederate Navy once more salvaged the submarine and returned her to service.
H. L. Hunley Crew lost 15 October 1863:[12]

  • Horace Hunley
  • Thomas S. Parks
  • Henry Beard.
  • R. Brookbanks
  • John Marshall
  • Charles McHugh
  • Joseph Patterson
  • Charles L. Sprague

Armament

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Plans of CSS David

Hunley was initially intended to attack by using a floating explosive charge with a contact fuse (a torpedo in 19th-century terminology). The Hunley's methodology of deploying the explosive charge consisted of them diving beneath the ship and catching the charge on the side/hull of the vessel and re-emerging outside of the blast range of the explosive. This plan was discredited and not used as the possibility of Hunley becoming entangled in the rope, the rope drifting away from the ship, or the charge exploding on the submarine was too great.

Instead, a spar torpedo—a copper cylinder containing 135 pounds (61 kilograms) of black powder—was attached to a 22-foot (6.7 m)-long wooden spar, as seen in illustrations made at this time. Mounted on Hunley's bow, the spar was to be used when the submarine was 6 ft (1.8 m) or more below the surface. Previous spar torpedoes had been designed with a barbed point: the spar torpedo would be jammed in the target's side by ramming and then detonated by a mechanical trigger attached to the submarine by a line so that as she backed away from her target, the torpedo would set off. However, archaeologists working on Hunley discovered evidence, including a spool of copper wire and components of a battery, that it may have been electrically detonated. In the configuration used in the attack on Housatonic, it appears Hunley's torpedo had no barbs and was designed to explode on contact as it was pushed against an enemy vessel at close range.[13] After Horace Hunley's death, General Beauregard ordered that the submarine should no longer be used to attack underwater. An iron pipe was then attached to her bow, angled downwards so the explosive charge would be delivered sufficiently underwater to make it effective. This was the same method developed for the earlier "David" surface attack craft used successfully against the USS New Ironsides. The Confederate Veteran of 1902 printed a reminiscence authored by an engineer stationed at Battery Marshall who, with another engineer, made adjustments to the iron pipe mechanism before Hunley left on her last fatal mission on 17 February 1864. A drawing of the iron pipe spar, confirming her "David" type configuration, was published in early histories of submarine warfare.

Attack on Housatonic

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USS Housatonic
Destruction of the USS Housatonic; sketch by war artist William Waud.

Hunley made her only attack against an enemy target on the night of 17 February 1864. The target was United States Navy ship, USS Housatonic, a 1,240-long-ton (1,260 t)[2] wooden-hulled steam-powered screw sloop-of-war with 12 large cannons, which was stationed at the entrance to Charleston, about 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) offshore. Hunley happened to be on patrol around that area at the time.[8] Helmed by Lieutenant George E. Dixon with a crew of seven and desperate to break the naval blockade of the city, H. L. Hunley successfully attacked Housatonic, ramming Hunley's only spar torpedo against the enemy's hull.[14] The torpedo was detonated, sending Housatonic to the bottom in three minutes,[8] along with five of her crewmen.[15] Hunley and her crew went missing after the attack. They would not be found for over 100 years.

Disappearance

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After the attack, H.L. Hunley failed to return to her base. At one point, there appeared to be evidence that Hunley survived as long as one hour following the attack, which occurred at about 20:45. The day after the attack, the commander of "Battery Marshall" reported that he had received "the signals" from the submarine indicating she was returning to her base.[16] The report did not say what the signals were. A postwar correspondent wrote that "two blue lights" were the prearranged signals,[17] and a lookout on Housatonic reported he saw a "blue light" on the water after his ship sank.[18] "Blue light" in 1864 referred to a pyrotechnic signal[19] in long use by the U.S. Navy.[20] It has been falsely represented in published works as a blue lantern; the lantern eventually found on the recovered H. L. Hunley had a clear, not a blue, lens.[21] Pyrotechnic "blue light" could be seen easily over the four-mile (6 km) distance between Battery Marshall and the site of Hunley's attack on Housatonic.[22]

After signaling, Dixon's plan could have been to take his submarine underwater to make a return to Sullivan's Island, although he left no confirmed documentation of this plan. At one point, the finders of Hunley suggested she was unintentionally rammed by USS Canandaigua when that warship was going to rescue the crew of Housatonic, but no such damage was found when she was raised from the bottom of the harbor. Instead, all evidence and analysis eventually pointed to the instantaneous death of Hunley's entire crew at the moment of the spar torpedo's contact with the hull of Housatonic. Upon removal of the silt inside the hull, the skeletons of the crewmembers were found seated at their stations with no signs of skeletal trauma.[23] In October 2008, scientists reported they had found that the crew of Hunley had not set her pump to remove water from the crew's compartment, and this might indicate she was not flooded until after they died. In January 2013, it was announced that conservator Paul Mardikian had found evidence of a copper sleeve at the end of Hunley's spar. This finding indicated the torpedo had been attached directly to the spar, meaning the submarine may have been less than 16 feet (5 m) from Housatonic when the torpedo exploded.[3][24] In 2018, researchers reported that the keel blocks, which the crew could release from inside the vessel to allow the sub to surface quickly in an emergency, had never been released.[25]

The short distance between the torpedo and the vessel, in addition to the signs that the crew died instantaneously and without a struggle to survive, led a team of blast trauma specialists from Duke University to theorize that the Hunley's crew was killed by the blast itself,[14] which could have transmitted pressure waves inside the vessel without damaging its hull. Their research, which included scaled experiments with live black powder bombs, provided data indicating the crew was likely killed by the explosion of their own torpedo, which could have caused immediate pulmonary blast trauma. The Duke team's experiments and results were published August 2017 in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS One[14] and eventually became the subject of the book In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine.[23] Although their conclusions have been disputed by archaeologists with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), the NHCC website[26] disputing the results of the scientific experiments contains several inconsistencies. For example, the website implies that the experiments are not valid because "a 1/8th inch plate at 1/6th scale is only 0.02 inches thick," but neither of these dimensions is relevant to either the original Hunley or the scale model used by Duke.[26][14][27]

Years after Hunley went missing, when the area around the wreck of Housatonic was surveyed, the sunken Hunley was found on the seaward side of the sloop, where no one had considered looking before. This later indicated that the ocean current was going out following the attack on Housatonic, taking Hunley with her to where she was eventually found and later recovered.[citation needed]

Recovery of wreckage

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Hunley's discovery was described by William Dudley, Director of Naval History at the Naval Historical Center as "probably the most important find of the century."[28]

H. L. Hunley, suspended from a crane during her recovery from off of Charleston Harbor, August 8, 2000
Removing the first section of the crew's bench at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center, January 28, 2005
H.L. Hunley in sodium hydroxide bath, July 2017

The discovery of Hunley has been claimed by two different individuals. Underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, president, Sea Research Society, reportedly discovered Hunley in 1970,[29][30] and has a collection of evidence[31] claiming to validate this, including a 1980 Civil Admiralty Case.[32] The court took the position that the wreck was outside the jurisdiction of the U.S. Marshals Office, and no determination of ownership was made.[33]

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] Spence's book Treasures of the Confederate Coast, which had a chapter on his discovery of Hunley and included a map complete with an "X" showing the wreck's location, was published in January 1995.[35]

Diver Ralph Wilbanks located the wreck in April 1995 while leading a NUMA dive team originally organized by archaeologist Mark Newell and funded by novelist Clive Cussler,[36] who announced the find as a new discovery[37] and first claimed that the location was in about 18 ft (5.5 m) of water over one mile (1.6 km) inshore of Housatonic, but later admitted to a reporter that that was false.[38] The wreck was actually 100 yd (91 m) away from and on the seaward side of Housatonic in 27 feet (8.2 m) of water. The submarine was buried under several feet of silt, which had concealed and protected the vessel for over a hundred years. The divers exposed the forward hatch and the ventilator box (the air box for the attachment of her twin snorkels) to identify her. The submarine was resting on her starboard side, at about a 45-degree angle, and was covered in a 14 to 34 inch (0.64 to 1.91 cm) thick encrustation of rust bonded with sand and seashell particles. Archaeologists exposed part of the ship's port side and uncovered the bow dive plane. More probing revealed an approximate length of 37 feet (11 m), with the entire vessel preserved under the sediment.[39]

On 14 September 1995, at the official request of Senator Glenn F. McConnell, Chairman, South Carolina Hunley Commission,[40] E. Lee Spence, with South Carolina Attorney General Charles M. Condon signing, donated Hunley to the State of South Carolina.[41][42][43] Shortly thereafter, NUMA disclosed to government officials Wilbank's location for the wreck which, when finally made public in October 2000, matched Spence's 1970s plot of the wreck's location well within standard mapping tolerances.[44] Spence avows that he discovered Hunley in 1970, revisiting and mapping the site in 1971 and again in 1979, and that after he published the location in his 1995 book he expected NUMA to independently verify the wreck as Hunley, not to claim that NUMA had discovered her. NUMA was actually part of a SCIAA expedition directed by Dr. Mark M. Newell and not Cussler.[45][46] Dr. Newell swore under oath that he used Spence's maps to direct the joint SCIAA/NUMA expedition and credited Spence with the original discovery. Dr. Newell credits his expedition only with the official verification of Hunley.[47]

The in situ underwater archaeological investigation and excavation culminated with the raising of Hunley on 8 August 2000.[48] A large team of professionals from the Naval Historical Center's Underwater Archaeology Branch, National Park Service, the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, and various other individuals investigated the vessel, measuring and documenting her before removal. Once the on-site investigation was complete, harnesses were slipped underneath the sub and attached to a truss designed by Oceaneering International. After the last harness had been secured, the crane from the recovery barge Karlissa B hoisted the submarine from the sea floor.[49][50] She was raised from the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean, just over 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) from Sullivan's Island outside the entrance to Charleston Harbor. Despite having used a sextant and hand-held compass thirty years earlier to plot the wreck's location, Dr. Spence's 52 m (171 ft) accuracy turned out to be well within the length of the recovery barge, which was 64 m (210 ft) long.[51][52] On 8 August 2000, at 08:37, the sub broke the surface for the first time in more than 136 years, greeted by a cheering crowd on shore and in surrounding watercraft, including author Clive Cussler. Once safely on her transporting barge, Hunley was shipped back to Charleston. The removal operation concluded when the submarine was secured inside the Warren Lasch Conservation Center, at the former Charleston Navy Yard in North Charleston, in a specially designed tank of fresh water to await conservation until she could eventually be exposed to air.

The exploits of Hunley and her final recovery were the subject of an episode of the television series The Sea Hunters, called Hunley: First Kill. This program was based on a section ("Part 6") in Clive Cussler's 1996 non-fiction book of the same name (which was accepted by the Board of Governors of the Maritime College of the State University of New York in lieu of his Ph.D. thesis).[53]

In 2001, Clive Cussler filed a lawsuit against E. Lee Spence for unfair competition, injurious falsehood, civil conspiracy, and defamation.[54] Spence filed a countersuit against Cussler, in 2002, seeking damages, claiming that Cussler was engaging in unfair competition, tortious interference, and civil conspiracy by claiming Cussler had discovered the location of the wreck of Hunley in 1995 when she had already been discovered by Spence in 1970, and that such claims by Cussler were damaging to Spence's career, and had caused him damages over $100,000.[55] Spence's lawsuit was dismissed through summary judgment in 2007, on the legal theory that, under the Lanham Act, regardless of whether Cussler's claims were factual or not, Cussler had been making them for over three years before Spence brought his suit against Cussler; thus the suit was not filed within the statute of limitations.[56] Cussler dropped his suit a year later,[57] after the judge agreed that Spence could introduce evidence in support of his discovery claims as a truth defense against Cussler's claims against him.[58]

Hunley may be viewed during tours at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in Charleston. A replica is on display at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama, alongside the USS Alabama (BB-60) and the USS Drum (SS-228).

Crew

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H.L. Hunley Memorial Marker at Magnolia Cemetery

The crew was composed of Lieutenant George E. Dixon (Commander) (of Alabama or Ohio), Frank Collins (of Virginia), Joseph F. Ridgaway (of Maryland), James A. Wicks (North Carolina native living in Florida), Arnold Becker (of Germany), Corporal Johan Frederik Carlsen (of Denmark), C. Lumpkin (probably of the British Isles), and Augustus Miller (probably a former member of the German Artillery).[59][60]

Apart from the submarine commander, Lieutenant George E. Dixon, the identities of the volunteer crewmen of Hunley had long remained a mystery. Douglas Owsley, a physical anthropologist working for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, examined the remains and determined that four of the men were American born, while the four others were of European birth, based on the chemical signatures left on the men's teeth and bones by the predominant components of their diet. Four men had eaten plenty of corn, an American diet, while the remainder ate mostly wheat and rye, a mainly European diet. By examining Civil War records and conducting DNA testing with possible relatives, forensic genealogist Linda Abrams identified the remains of Dixon and the three other Americans: Frank G. Collins of Fredericksburg, Va., Joseph Ridgaway, and James A. Wicks.[21] Identifying the European crewmen has been more problematic, but was apparently solved in late 2004. The position of the remains indicated that the men died at their stations and were not trying to escape from the sinking submarine.[61]

On 17 April 2004, the remains of the crew were laid to rest at Magnolia Cemetery, in Charleston.[62] Tens of thousands of people attended including some 6,000 reenactors and 4,000 civilians wearing period clothing. Color guards from all five branches of the U.S. armed forces—wearing modern uniforms—were also in the procession.[63] Even though only two of the crew were from the Confederate States, all were buried with full Confederate honors, including being buried with the 2nd Confederate national flag,[64] known as the Stainless Banner.

Another surprise occurred in 2002, when lead researcher Maria Jacobsen,[65][66] examining the area close to Lieutenant Dixon, found a misshapen $20 gold piece, minted in 1860, with the inscription "Shiloh April 6, 1862, My life Preserver G. E. D." on a sanded-smooth area of the coin's reverse side, and a forensic anthropologist found a healed injury to Lt. Dixon's hip bone. The findings matched a family legend that Dixon's sweetheart, Queenie Bennett, had given him the coin to protect him. However, the supposed relationship between Bennett and Dixon has not been supported by archaeological investigations of the legend. Dixon had the coin with him at the Battle of Shiloh, where he was wounded in the thigh on 6 April 1862. The bullet struck the coin in his pocket, saving his leg and possibly his life. He had the gold coin engraved and carried it as a lucky charm.[67][68]

Adam Jon Kronegh of the Danish National Archive identified the J.F. Carlsen of Hunley. Johan Frederik Carlsen was born in Ærøskøbing 9 April 1841. The last year he was registered in the census of Ærøskøbing was 1860, when he was registered as a "sailor". His father was registered as a cobbler, and the teeth of Carlsen's remains in Hunley still bear significant marks of a so-called "tailor's notch", probably from helping his father with needle and thread from childhood.[69] In 1861, J.F. Carlsen entered the freight ship Grethe of Dragør. The ship landed in Charleston in February 1861, where records in the Danish military archives show that Carlsen deserted the ship. In June 1861, he entered Jefferson Davis (the Confederate privateer brig originally named Putnam) as a mate.[70][71]

Tours

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The Hunley is on display at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center. The center includes artifacts recovered from inside Hunley and exhibits about the submarine.

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  • Hunley's story was the subject of the first episode (entitled "The Hunley") of the TV series The Great Adventure. It aired on 27 September 1963 on CBS. The role of Lt. Dixon (misspelled in the credits as "Lt. Dickson") was played by Jackie Cooper.
  • The original TNT Network made-for-cable movie The Hunley (1999) tells the story of H. L. Hunley's final mission while on station in Charleston. It stars Armand Assante, as Lt. Dixon, and Donald Sutherland, as General Beauregard, Dixon's direct superior on the Hunley project.[72]
  • Hunley is the inspiration of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, H. L. Hunley JROTC Award, presented to cadets based on strong corps values, honor, courage, and commitment to their unit during the school year.[73]
  • In the novel The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey, a minor drug cartel decides to emulate the larger cartels' narco-submarine cocaine trafficking by building a replica of Hunley using blueprints downloaded off the Internet.
  • The story of the Duke University experiments that concluded the Hunley crew died of pulmonary blast trauma became the subject of the non-fiction book In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine by Rachel Lance (2020).[23]

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