Archaeologists find another clue in quest to unlock sub's secrets
When the H.L...... [more]
Hunley in the crosshairs
Not even in the dark days of the Civil War did the Hunley take this many direct hits in such a short period of time.
In the past two weeks, politicians around the state have called for an investigation of what public money has been spent on the Confederate submarine...... [more]
Headstones placed on tombs of final crew of the Hunley
For 142 years, the final crew of the H.L...... [more]
Author Cornwell donating $500,000 in cash, equipment for Hunley project
Hunley scientists will use a $500,000 donation from best-selling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell to identify the sub's four European crewmen — and find out why they died.
Maria Jacobsen, senior archaeologist on the Hunley project, said Tuesday that Cornwell is donating $300,000 in cash and $200,000 worth of equipment to aid the ongoing archaeological investigation of the Confederate submarine...... [more]
A lone shot in the dark?
For 10 years, the single-bullet theory has been the most compelling explanation for the H.L...... [more]
Clemson may take lead in restoration of Hunley
COLUMBIA--Clemson wants to put its paw print on the North Charleston Hunley lab, and is negotiating to paint the town orange.
The city, the university and the state Hunley Commission are working out details of a plan that could lead to a 65-acre research and technology campus branching out from the Warren Lasch Conservation Center...... [more]
Was Hunley's torpedo battery-powered?
Lying among the tools, ballast and spare parts littering the floor of the Hunley, the rectangular copper plate looked like something from a UFO.
Drilled with holes, lined with symmetrical ridges and laced with traces of zinc, the plate at first raised more questions than it answered about the Confederate submarine...... [more]
Hunley scientists discover series of 10 stealthy deadlights
The Hunley was running dark the night she sank the USS Housatonic, perhaps even buttoned up as if braced for an explosion.
Scientists have discovered a series of complex "deadlights" covering the 10 portholes in the Hunley's ceiling...... [more]
Hunley lawsuit claims $309 million in damages
Underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence claims he suffered $309 million in damages because the discovery of the Confederate submarine Hunley was credited to author Clive Cussler...... [more]
Archaeologists plumb Hunley depth gauge
It looks like a contraption right out of Jules Verne, more fanciful than functional.But the depth gauge found in the H...... [more]