Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conservator Virginie Ternisien works at removing the encrustration from the hull of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley at a ...

A broken pipe may help explain why a famous Civil War submarine sank off of Charleston, South Carolina, more than 150 years ago. The H.L. Hunley became the first submarine to successfully attack an ...

Ever since the Confederate submarine Hunley was discovered off the South Carolina coast, theorists have wondered what caused it to sink in 1864. Now Clemson University researchers might have found an ...

(Charleston) Aug. 8, 2000 - The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was brought into the port of Charleston after being lifted from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean off Sullivans Island on Tuesday ...

Scientists studying the world's first submarine to sink an enemy ship said Wednesday that the doomed Confederate crew did not release an emergency mechanism that could have helped the vessel surface ...

Though the Hunley’s journey began over a century ago, her modern-day voyage of scientific discovery started 18 years ago today. On August 8th, 2000 she was gently lifted from her ocean grave and ...

The restoration of the Confederate submarine Hunley is nearly complete, but plans for a permanent site to display it have yet to be decided. Clearly, there is no better destination for the historic ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The hull of the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship has been cleaned and revealed for the first time in 150 years. After a year of painstaking work, scientists ...

Scientists will soon see a new side of the Hunley -- the starboard side. This week, a crew of engineers and scientists at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center will begin moving the Confederate ...

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, ...