February 17, 1864, was a spot in naval warfare history when the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley struck and sank the USS Housatonic, the first successful attack by a military submarine against an ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The first submarine to successfully sink an enemy ship in combat sank for the first of three times in Charleston Harbor in August 1863. The H.L. Hunley would ultimately sink ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The H. L. Hunley successfully attacked a Union warship before sinking to the bottom of Charleston Harbor 162 years ago Tuesday. The Confederate submarine attacked the USS ...

NORTH CHARLESTON - Scientists this week should get a look at the entire hull of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley for the first time in almost 150 years. Perhaps they will also find a clue as to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — It's long been a mystery why the H.L. Hunley never returned after becoming the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship in 1864, but new research announced Friday may ...

An account of the legendary submarine and its legacy reconstructs the events of its successful 1864 attack on the USS Housatonic and subsequent sinking, the sub's recovery in 1995 after numerous ...