{"id":39875,"date":"2014-02-18T06:16:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T11:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39875"},"modified":"2014-02-18T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T19:32:51","slug":"submarine-warfares-first-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39875","title":{"rendered":"Submarine Warfare’s First Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the night of 17-18 February 1864, military history was made.<\/p>\n

On that date, the first ship was sunk by a submarine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the blockade of Charleston during the US Civil War, the CSS Hunley<\/em> – a small, human-powered submarine (literally; its propeller was powered via a hand-crank) submerged.\u00a0 While submerged, it attacked the USS Housatonic<\/em> with a spar torpedo.<\/p>\n

The attack sank the USS Housatonic<\/em>.\u00a0 However, the CSS Hunley<\/em> also never returned to shore.\u00a0 It also sank in the aftermath of the attack.<\/p>\n

The CSS Hunley’s<\/em> sunken hull was located in 1995.\u00a0 It was raised in 2000.<\/p>\n

Recent analysis indicates that the CSS Hunley<\/em> may have been as close as approximately 20 feet away from their torpedo at time of detonation (they were originally thought to be much farther away).\u00a0 That may have been close enough to allow the shock to have knocked the ship’s crew unconscious, making it impossible for them to either return to shore or escape from the disabled craft.<\/p>\n

May all 13 who lost their lives – 5 Union sailors from the USS Housatonic<\/em> and entire 8-man crew of the CSS Hunley <\/em> – in this historic event rest in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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