For nearly 150 years, the story of the Hunley’s attack on the USS Housatonic has been Civil War legend. And it has been wrong. Scientists have discovered a piece of the Confederate submarine’s torpedo ...

World history was made on Feb. 17, 1864,150 years ago, during the American Civil War. For the first time in naval combat, a submarine sank a ship. A Rebel submarine was manufactured in Mobile, Ala., ...

A National Geographic documentary called “Drain the Oceans” will premiere Monday night. In this on-going series, the network will explore the unfolding history of the H.L. Hunley submarine and ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — Capt. George E. Dixon was determined to sink the USS Housatonic, located at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and help break the Union blockade. On the night of Feb 17, 1864, he ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – 157 years ago the USS Housatonic plummeted to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean after the HL Hunley submarine struck the Union naval ship with a torpedo in an attempt to break ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) - Another Chapter was completed in the history of a cherished Lowcounty treasurethe USS Hunley. On Saturday morning, two monuments were dedicated to the first crews of the ...

Clemson researchers working to understand why the world’s first successful combat submarine vanished have uncovered an important new clue in their investigation. The Hunley’s air circulation system ...

The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was a 40-foot-long (12 meter) sausage of bulletproof iron built in Mobile, Alabama, and propelled through the water by seven daring men cranking a single, giant ...