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-AP) June 25, 2004 - Scientists still don't know why the Confederate submarine Hunley sank 140 years ago, a short time after becoming the first sub to sink an enemy warship. The ...

For 131 years, the CSS H.L. Hunley and its crew went unrecovered. The Confederate submarine was one of the most important naval artifacts in U.S. history. But its location was somewhere in the murky, ...

Calvin Hart just had to see the replica of the CSS Hunley once, and he was hooked. Since then, for years, the Jacksonville man has been trying to get the full-scale replica of one of the world's ...

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, South Carolina -- The first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship is upright for the first time in almost 150 years, revealing a side of its hull not seen since it sank off ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Crews working to conserve the world's first successful combat submarine say they have discovered human remains inside the crew compartment. The H. L. Hunley sank the ...

The 150th anniversary of the CSS Hunley becoming the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship will be celebrated Feb. 14-17 in Charleston, S.C. The sub and crew of eight set off a torpedo ...

(Charleston) April 12, 2004 - Arnold Becker was not a native of the South. He was not even born in America. In fact, when he became a crewmember of the world's first successful combat submarine, he ...

Tom was there for the coverage of the H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine, being recovered and raised off the coast of Charleston. “I’ve always been a history buff and really got into the coverage of ...

What: Underwater archaeologist Ralph Wilbanks and partners found and raised the Confederate submarine the CSS Hunley. He is a featured speaker at this year's show. When: 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday; 1, 3 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. – It was just an X-ray on a computer screen, but it told a story. There was a small button, a pocket watch and chain, a folding rule, a pocket knife and a small pair of binoculars.