CSS Hunley

Few people know that there were submarines during the American Civil War. They were built by the North and the South. For the South they were desperate attempts to break the strangle hold of the Union blockade. This presentation is about one very special submarine, the H.L Hunley. On the night of February 17, 1864 at about 9:00pm the Confederate submarine H.L Hunley made history by becoming the very first submarine to sink a ship in combat, when sinking the war ship USS Housatonic. This feat was so advanced for its time that it would not occur again for another 50 years! However, after making this historic mission the Hunley and her 8 man crew would go missing, having never to return back to the home base. This would then begin a 140 year search to find this historic submarine.