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 ...

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, ...

Researchers say they’ve resolved the 150-year mystery of what happened to crewmembers on the famous Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley, the first ever to sink an enemy warship during combat. Their ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — A new CD created by record producers Skip Haynes and Dana Walden, with lyrics and music inspired by the exploits of the famed Confederate undersea diving boat CSS H.L. Hunley, which ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — It is a moment in time many throughout the Lowcountry remember. The date: Aug. 8, 2000. It marked the day that the H.L. Hunley, a submarine utilized by the short-lived ...