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The Hunley SubmarineThe Hunley was probably the worlds first real submarine. It was certainly the first submarine to sink a warship. Named after the man who financed its construction in Louisiana during the Civil War, the Hunley was put into the service of the Confederacy defending the port of Charleston, South Carolina. On the night of February 17, 1864, the Hunley drove its harpoon torpedo into the the side of the U.S.S. Housatonic, exploding the charge as the submarine backed off and sinking the Union blockade ship in minutes. Though the Hunley did surface and signal it's success, the submarine never made it to shore. The Hunley lay at the bottom of the harbor, largely forgotten, until it's discovery in May of 1995. Today the CSS Hunley has been raised and taken to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center at the old Charleston Navy Base.
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