For more than a century, the CSS Hunley rested at the bottom of the ocean just outside Charleston harbor, its crew entombed, its hull gradually encased in hardening encrustations. When it was raised ...

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 ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A new exhibit is celebrating a milestone for a historic submarine in Charleston. The Tools and Tides exhibit is in full swing at the H.L. Hunley museum, honoring the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Hunley will reopen fully this Father's Day weekend after more than a year of being closed or only partially opened due to the pandemic. With its reopening, the attraction ...

Artifacts retrieved from the wreckage of America's oldest combat submarine are being restored and placed on display in North Charleston to shed light on the crew of the H.L. Hunley. Melissa Allen, an ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Feb. 17 marks the 161st anniversary of when the H.L. Hunley made history by becoming the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy warship during battle. It was on ...

CLEMSON, S.C. (WCBD)- A team from Clemson University has completed conservation of items belonging to Captain George Dixon, who captained the Hunley submarine. Captain George Dixon was commanding the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Twenty-five years have passed since the H.L. Hunley, a Civil War-era submarine once thought to be lost at sea forever, was raised from the ocean floor just off the Charleston ...

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On February 17, 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley attacked and sank USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, killing five Union sailors. Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, ...

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