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The earlier 2 sinkings of the Hunley were in Charleston harbor. The Hunley attacked the USS Housatonic from Breech Inlet, between Sullivans Island and the Isle of Palms. Both it and the Housatonic sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Sullivans Island, not in Charleston harbor. The entrance to Charleston harbor is south of Sullivans Island. Breech Inlet is at the north end of the island.
What are the length and diameter of the ship? Rmhermen 19:18, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)
Is this just a mistake or is there a name missing? — Kate | Talk 00:48, 2004 Aug 5 (UTC)
I fixed the busted link in this sentence "This cemetery was earlier part of the Citadel's Physical Education department; part of the cemetery was under their football field."
But I'm not sure it has any real relevance to the rest of the article. Thatcher131 20:45, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
I visited the remains of the Hunley last year in Charleston and found out that since she sank before she was officially commissioned, she was never given the designation "CSS". Perhaps someone familiar with naval issues could research that for the article. Hal Jespersen 21:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
I didn't do an exhaustive search on the site, but http://www.hunley.org/ doesn't seem to call her CSS. Hal Jespersen 22:05, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Don't know if she was commissioned or not myself, but I can say that the CSS designation seems to at the very least go back to 1921 and the publication of the "Offical Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series II Volume I." [1] The Hunley is listed as CSS Hunley on page 256. [2] But there's nothing on that page about her being commissioned. Fact is looked through a few of the pages I'm only finding a few ships mentioned as being commissioned, and that includes ships that were commissioned in the Confederate navy
Any unbiased review of the actions of the Confederate Government at the time the Hunley was shipped to Charleston, S.C., make it clear that the submarine was intended for service as a government vessel. All accounts, from the Official Records to Alexander's account, leave us in no doubt that by the time Dixon was operating the vessel, it was an official vessel of the Confederate forces. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.220.75.252 ( talk) 12:19:59, August 19, 2007 (UTC)
The Hunley was a privateer commandeered by the Confederate Army. It did not belong to the Confederate Navy and thus was never and should not now be called C.S.S. This is easily verified by checking with the Friends of the Hunley at the restoration site in North Charleston, which I did today.
Yes, Hunley was a VERY odd circumstance. She was built as a privateer, "came under the control" of the Confederate ARMY, and was manned partly by a Confederate Navy crew. I think the bottom line is unclear, but you can make a good case that CSS in not an appropriate prefix. Fnj2 ( talk) 02:51, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
The section entitled "the wreck" actually describes the discovery of it. I found one article that may have found an intentional opening of the hatch sank the sub: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2194592&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
The search for Hunley ended in 1995, 132 years later, when best-selling author Clive Cussler, and his team from the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) found the submarine where E. Lee Spence had discovered it in 1970.
Um, what? It was found in 1995 after having been found in the same spot 25 years earlier? This needs clarification.-- 4.254.114.225 02:09, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Like User 4.254.114.225, I don't understand how something can be discovered twice. I hope readers will take the time to read my comments in the "Discovery section" and in "Discovery Revisited" on this page. HunleyFinder 16:05, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
If this logic is to be followed, the CSS H.L. Hunley was in fact found THREE times! It is true to state that the wreck was found at the spot where avocational archaeologist Lee Spence claimed to have found it in the early 1970s. As everyone knows, the last search for the submarine was conducted by the staff of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology at the University of South Carolina (SCIAA). The project, conducted in 1994, used funds provided by author Clive Cussler. Cussler and three contracted employees were part of the remote sensing team and did not dive during this search. The initial thirteen day search located two anomalies or 'targets" both candidates for the submarine. The search ended at this point. Later, in September of the same year, the SCIAA team returned to the two locations and identified one of them as the Hunley. Cussler was informed and the news was kept secret until funding could be arranged for the recovery. A member of the September team guided Cussler employees to the site in 1995 (the "third" discovery). Cussler announced his own "NUMA" discovery in June of the following year, a few days before the joint team had planned to make an announcement. Both parties were present at the actual announcement of the discovery. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.220.75.252 ( talk) 12:32:19, August 19, 2007 (UTC)
Apart from the commander of the submarine, Lieutenant George E. Dixon, the identities of the volunteer crewmembers of the Hunley remained a mystery The article states that only Dixon is known of the crew, yet the premier Hunley restoration website lists the entire crew (and has for a long time) is there some reason this list was ignored? See here: http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=CREWB_PROFILES Zurel Darrillian 17:16, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
There are three references in this section to the number of crew and their roles.
a) "The Hunley was designed to be hand powered by a crew of eight: seven to turn the hand-cranked propeller and one to steer and direct the boat."
b) "Confederate Navy Lieutenant John A. Payne of CSS Chicora volunteered to be Hunley's skipper, and a volunteer crew of seven men from Chicora and CSS Palmetto State was assembled to operate the submarine."
c) "On October 15, 1863 the Hunley failed to surface during a mock attack, killing its inventor and seven other crewmen."
However, the cutaway drawing by Alexander shows 8 crewmen turning the propeller crank and no one steering or directing the boat.
Has anyone found any drawings/schematics of the actual Hunley as described (i.e. 7 crew to turn the crank and one to steer)?
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I tagged a paragraph in the Crew section as needing Citation. I believe the information is in he bibliography entries but it is not sourced properly in the article. --
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==== the number of crew is unagreed (7/8 seamen + commander) and also the number of kills (the Britannica gives 34). It would be very
doubt-cutting to state how many men were recovered in the wreck.pietro
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sorry, next time i will read more carefully the text
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This talk page has more cheesy useless vanity tags than it does actual talk content. The whole vanity tag thing has gone way too far. All of these WikiProjects seem hell-bent on slapping tags on as many pages as possible, and most of these tags have very little to do with the content of the page. This needs to stop. — Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 19:58, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
The section on the ship's discovery is totally biased in favor of Dr. Spence. I don't know any details, but I know that this is a complicated issue and that someone should really try to resolve it. The problem is that Dr. Spence himself contributes to Wikipedia regularly (as HunleyFinder and anonymously) and has probably written that section of the article. I thought I had to put the POV tag on, given the circumstances. TysK 19:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand why it is complicated. If you go to http://www.shipwrecks.com/Hunley%20introduction%20Lee%20Spence's%20discovery%20sworn%20affidavit.htm there are copies of letters AND affidavits from the 70s showing that Spence was saying that he had found the Hunley, that he did try to get the permissions to raise it. There is even an affidavit from a guy who went to the site and went down and saw it. What more do you want? A T-Shirt saying I touched the Hunley in 1975?? Alex20850 21:11, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
I discovered the Hunley in 1970. Cussler claims NUMA discovered it in 1995. I have never understood how someone else could subsequently claim to have discovered it, when my location had never been lost. In fact my location had been published in a number of locations including a book that came out only months before Cussler announced to the world that NUMA had discovered it.
I have lots of documentation for my claims. For instance, if you look up the Hunley on the National Register of Historic Places and then examine the actual document that was submitted by the National Park Service in 1976 you will see that the NPS identifies me by name as the source of their location information.
In a recent letter from the NPS their historian wrote "Part of the National Register nomination process requires a exact definition of the physical boundary of the property being nominated. We need to have the "place" exactly pinpointed in order to list it and in order to effectively protect it."
If you convert my location given in the National Register to the same datum used in the 1996 verification of the Hunley, you will find an apparent discrepency of less than 52 meters (or about 0.021" if plotted on the standard NOAA chart of the area). Shipwreck symbols on the same chart are approximately 0.25" in length. To put 52 meters into perspective, that distance is less than the length of the salvage vessel used in the Hunley's recovery in August of 2000. Furthermore, my location as reported by NPS in 1976 was accurate to well within the government's published tolerances for GPS that were in effect at least as recently as 1997 (as per the official "Hunley Site Assessment" published in 1997 that reported 100 meters as the then acceptable margin of error for GPS). I actually beat the government's minimum standard for GPS even though GPS didn't yet exist in the early 1970s and even though I had plotted the location from a rocking boat anchored over the wreck site by using only a magnetic compass to obtain bearings and a sextant that to turn angles on the water towers and lighthouses which angles I then used to plot the Hunley's position on a chart to obtain the longitude and latitude.
If you go back and check my wording of the competing discovery claims, you will see that I was very careful to be neutral. I did that because I truly respect Wikipedia's rules. I did not delete someone's prior mention of NUMA's claims nor did I denigrate them. I am mentioning NPS and the National Register in an effort to point out that there is evidence in old government files (now published on the web) which long predate NUMA's 1995 discovery claim and which absolutely support my discovery claim. Look at them. You be the judge. Then write an unbiased account. I would greatly prefer that to having to defend my claims myself.
I am sorry if some people do not understand why someone who made such an important discovery in 1970, and followed both the intent and the letter of the law with respect to historic shipwrecks, and did not damage or disurb the wreck, and who donated his rights to the the wreck to the State (at the State's request) would want to be properly credited with the discovery. HunleyFinder 03:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
The above discussion ignores the verifiable facts that the search was conducted by a team from the University of South Carolina that was partially funded by Clive Cussler. Cussler and Wilbanks were present during a thirteen day search in the Summer of 1994 as a remote sensing crew. The project found two "targets" by the time it closed down. Later that year, in September, with Cussler's full knowledge, the University team went back to check the two targets and reported that one of them was the Hunley. The find was planned to be secret until June of 1995 when funds could be raised for a recovery effort. Cussler announced that he had found the submarine thirty days before a planned joint announcement by the University, the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) and Cussler, later NUMA. All three groups participated in the project, not Cussler/NUMA alone. The University team acknowledged that it used Lee Spence's research, along with multiple other sources and many years of SCV research, to actually locate the submarine. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mark Newell PhD ( talk • contribs) 22:11:21, August 19, 2007 (UTC).
Does anybody know the depth at which the Hunley was found? I vaguely remember reading it somewhere and I think it's an important thing to include in the article. Splamo 16:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
There is a diurnal tide that averages slightly over 5' between extreme low and high in the general area. The low water depth calculated at the site the day the wreck was discovered in 1970 was 29'. Although believed accurate, that was a rough estimate based on a commercial grade versus scientific depth finder and involved using the captain's estimate of the depth the transduecer on the vessel hull versus actual measurement. NOAA charts of the area give the mean low water depth as 27'. The depth shown on an 1865 chart of the location was 29'. So the depth has remained fairly stable for over 100 years even though the area is subject to minor fluctuations due to naturally shifting sands. It should be noted that the bottom is not stable enough to allow permanent growth and is a series of small sand ridges caused by the action of the tide and localized currents. The Hunley was not covered over by an accumulation of water borne sediment, as many have incorrectly theorized and tried to date, but rather subsided into the bottom due to natural scouring (washing away of sand under edges of the wreck), the weight of the iron hull, the limited surface area of the resting portion of the hull, and the unstable nature of the bottom, which is composed of sand, broken shell, mud, and silt. HunleyFinder 14:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I find it odd that the Hunley's not listed in the "Groundbreaking Submarines" box included in the article. —The preceding
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Should a section be included about the efforts to preserve the sub? It appears, from reading this [4] article, that the process may be delayed because of a U.S. Navy ruling that the sub must be soaked in a certain solution to remove sea salts. In addition, it states that the project was apparently taken over by Clemson University, with a deadline of having preservation processes complete by 2009, with a consequence of losing the research laboratory if efforts aren't completed. First time I heard about this, but it seems like it was a while back. Zchris87v 07:02, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
I understand that there is controversy about the discovery of the Hunley. But why remove all information on the original claimant and only have a glowing rendition of the NUMA discovery? This is supposed to be unbiased. I re-edited that section and added links to the documents. I personally don’t see why there is a dispute. The state thanked Mr. Spence for gifting the wreck to them and the Federal Government acknowledged the discovery in the 1970’s. Both sides of the story need to be told fairly and impartially. I find it disturbing that someone feels the need to purge the information on previous discovery claims when they are added.
Rickdrew 20:39, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Please also read see my previous discussion above in the original section on Discovery. I had published the Hunley's correct location in my various books, maps and letters to government officials, and my discovery claim was well known even to NUMA years before they first claimed to have discovered it. My location for the Hunley (identifying me by name as the source of the coordinates) had even been used by the National Park Service when they nominated Hunley for the National Register for Historic Places in 1976, almost twenty years before Cussler's 1995 claim that NUMA had discovered just discovered it.
At the same time, it should also be noted that it was largely because of Cussler's rightfully famous name and the attention his involvement drew to the Hunley that the government finally got interested in doing something about visiting and raising the historic wreck. Without Cussler's involvement, the Hunley would likely still be sitting on the bottom. So, I personally believe, and have been so stating for over a decade, that both Cussler and NUMA deserve immense credit for their respective roles, just as many others (such as Dr. Mark Newell, an underwater archaeologist then with SCIAA, who was the official director of the 1994/1995 SCIAA/NUMA Hunley expedition and not Cussler or Wilbanks as many incorrectly assume) deserve credit for their important roles.
However, I personally think that NUMA should have been credited only with the much needed independent "verification" of the wreck's identity rather than with "discovery." Verification is an extremely important part of the discovery process and this should have been ample credit. To not properly credit people with their discoveries discourages others from reporting their finds and could lead to lost information, looting and destruction of sites. I for one would not have published the Hunley's location, nor would I have donated my rights to the wreck to the State of South Carolina had I known that someone else would be credited with its discovery and that I would be made out by some individuals to look like a liar and a looter. I definitely discovered the wreck of the Hunley, the facts speak for themselves. I don't have the ability to go back in time and manufacture evidence. And, I am certainly not a psychic who picked the correct location out of the recesses of my mind. Not to ignore sworn statements and affidavits of those who worked with me, the proof of my discovery is self-evident and demonstrable in the sheer accuracy of my reported location and my insistence that I had discovered Hunley at that location even when Cussler initially claimed it had been found by NUMA well over a mile from my coordinates. (Note: The Hunley's official location was not released by SCIAA until after the wreck was raised in 2000 and it was only at that date that I finally had proof that my location and the official location were, by NOAA's published mapping standards, effectively the same. Yet during that five year period I had not faltered on my discovery claim.)
Please, before someone attacks me again, either here or on another site, just look at all of the evidence with an open mind. My career has already been damaged enough by certain bureaucrats and politicians who have placed their own interests first and/or have a political axe to grind and/or by well intentioned but misinformed individuals who, outside of their area of expertese, have made statements that simply don't reflect the facts and/or have ignored other important and revelant facts. Just as bad are those who have used poor quality or inapplicable science to justify their arguments against my discovery, even though some have done so with unfortunately ignored caveats that their own data is seriously flawed and thus unreliable. So, please be accurate and use an identifiable screen name linked to your true identity. Only then can people accurately judge your contribution. Just as important, please do not make personal attacks on Cussler or NUMA thinking you are helping me. You would not be. As I stated above both Cussler and NUMA deserve immense credit. Although I certainly don't agree with their discovery claim and personally feel it has caused certain problems and damages, I absolutely believe that both Cussler and NUMA have played a very important role in promoting public interest in the Hunley and deserve immense public applause and credit for that. HunleyFinder 16:02, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that in two places it says the Hunley and Housatonic were sunk in Charleston Harbor. While the Hunley did sink twice in Charleston Harbor prior to its mission on Feb 17, 1864, the location of the attack on the Housatonic was four miles out to sea, off Sullivan's Island, near the entrance to Maffitt's Channel, not in the harbor. 66.188.73.143 17:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
In the DANFS article for USS Housatonic, there is a photo of a report on the sinking here. The photo is not that readable but it is in the public domain and could be used in this article. -- Brad ( talk) 21:13, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
I found the article confusing as to the number of Confederate sailors lost while operating the HL Hunley. I counted two sinkings during trials, with 3 survivors. Since the boat had a crew of 8, I would expect the number of lives lost to be 21 rather than 32. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.91.171.42 ( talk) 15:23, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
I just read the article (7 June 2010) and I noticed this sentence "The Confederates lost 4,000 crewmen in three sinkings during the CSS Hunley's career." Obviously this can not be correct. —Preceding
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I have just had to make several major corrections to the opening section of this article. While the rest of the article appears to be accurate, the opening section contained several significant misstatements that contradicted the correct information later in the article. Since a student doing research for homework would read the opening summary first, and possibly read no further, this is an egregious example of Wikipedia's unreliability, and especially startling given that (according to this discussion page) Dr. Spence is a Wikipedia editor. (See also the previous user's comment!) Gildir ( talk) 21:55, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
I have added this article to others on my list of articles with high importance to research and expand. Otr500 ( talk) 08:26, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Were the bodies of the crew just skeletons at the time of recovery?? The article says something about brain tissue. -- 50.137.171.62 ( talk) 22:34, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
I realize in broadly general terms the Hunley was the first combat "submarine", but by modern standards she would accurately be described as a semi-submersible, since that was the only role in which she ever showed any seaworthiness at all.
Unless we count failed attempts at dives that killed the entire crew and necessitated her being dredged off the bottom of the ocean, she was no more a true submarine than the USS Monitor. Her snorkels and viewports needed to be above water so they could draw air and see where they were going; she was mostly controllable when floating under her own buoyancy just under the surface, but if we're being honest here, her diving gear was beyond rudimentary and simply didn't work. She wasn't technologically capable of handling a self-contained subsurface dive, as H.L Hunley and his second crew unfortunately found out while practicing precisely the kind of mock attack that required such a dive. And that was under controlled, organized conditions in broad daylight! It went "submarine" alright, it just never came back up... In fact, General Beauregard was so dismayed with losing Hunley that he ordered the (third) crew to scrap the whole concept of diving and simply attack clandestinely on the surface at night with the spar torpedo, which was angled downwards to accomodate her inability to dive.
Thus I ask, in what sense other than in service to the Lost Cause is Hunley fairly considered "the first submarine" vs. "the first attempt at a submarine"? Vintovka Dragunova ( talk) 23:29, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
From an engineering point of view, you're probably right that the H.L. Hunley should be considered more like one of Lilienthal's gliders than like the first Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk. It marked a significant development in submarine engineering, but was not entirely a success (Lilienthal died in a stall) and did not actually submerge and resurface (similar to a glider not having an engine for sustained flight). The Hunley did, however, 'succeed' in in the sense of sinking an enemy ship. Maybe it should be referred to as the first semi-submersable to be used successfully in combat, where 'success' is used in a qualified sense? Vehicle reclassification should still not diminish the sacrifice made by those who served as crew. PoqVaUSA ( talk) 07:42, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Since in tests made in the Mobile River, Alabama, on July 31, 1863, Hunley traveled almost entirely submerged at a speed of 4 knots despite a heavy current, submerged completely and exploded a towed torpedo under the target vessel successfully destroying it, and safely resurfaced on the other side,
[1] I think Hunley clearly qualifies as a true submarine. The fact that it remained completely submerged on the bottom of Back Bay, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, for a timed two hours and thirty five minutes in a test to determine its ability to hide underwater is further support to Hunley having been a true submarine and not simply a semi-submersible.
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Although the Hunley made her attack against Housatonic while only semi-submerged, that alone certainly does not mean she was only a semi submersible and not a submarine, as during both world wars submarines made a sizable number of their attacks in a similar manner and many attacks were made from submarines that surfaced entirely before manning their deck guns, which were then used to sink their target. In World War One, it was not unusual for crew from the submarine to board stopped vessels and place explosives, which were afterwards detonated to scuttle the vessels.
[3]HunleyFinder 15:03, 10 June 2017 (UTC) — Preceding
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The article is not very clear.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.191.143.44 ( talk • contribs) 17:13, 28 June 2013
In the "Recovery of wreckage" section the article states, "in a specially designed tank of fresh water to await conservation.". This needs updating, and I did read where the words "fresh water" were used, but those words mean naturally occurring water and the Hunley was placed in specially prepared water using a Impressed current cathodic protection system (ICCP), to inhibit further corrosion, which is monitored continuously for pH, temperature, chlorides, conductivity, and oxygen.
In this YouTube clip, Dr. Mark Newell, when asked how the Hunley was found, states that they had to search "50 square miles" of ocean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Por80M2_H40
If true, this would certainly refute the claim that Dr Newell had been supplied the location from a gentleman (that I won't name) claiming to have found the Hunley or that Dr Newells team only went out to "verify" the location. Verifying a location should not require searching 50 square miles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.191.143.44 ( talk) 17:30, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
There are some who are bitter that the Confederates lost. That's why they like to sneak the words enemy warship to this article.
Wikipedia is neutral. It doesn't call one side the enemy.
Is there any proof that any submarine sunk any ship earlier? No. Therefore, the Hunley was the first submarine to sink a ship....end of story. It would be different if another submarine accidentally sank another ship in the same navy first. If so, the neutral way would be to write that the Hunley was the first sub to sink a ship in combat.
Stephanie Bowman ( talk) 21:19, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
I feel forced to exclude a priori that enemy may mean "of the opposite side". the reader should be trusted to be able to understand fairly these words. pietro spizzo 31.194.186.138 ( talk) 10:39, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
I see this page contains nothing about the lawsuits NUMA and E. Lee Spence filed against each other regarding their separate claims about finding the Hunley. Is this noteworthy for inclusion on Wikipedia's Hunley page? If so, does it warrant a separate section or should it be included in the section about the discovery and recovery of the Hunley? TH1980 ( talk) 20:22, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
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The drawing of H. L. Hunley by R.G. Skerrett, featured in the infobox, is almost certainly not based on a photograph taken in 1863 by George S. Cook. Per the description, it is based on a painting then held by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society Museum, Richmond, Virginia. That painting is Conrad Wise Chapman's Submarine Torpedo Boat H.L. Hunley, Dec. 6, 1863 at the American Civil War Museum (see the history section re: the Confederate Memorial Literary Society). A photo of the Hunley by George S. Cook may exist, but there doesn't appear to be any record of it at the Library of Congress or the Naval History and Heritage Command, and Chapman makes no mention of it in his notes of the painting.
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The modern understanding of the word, "submarine", is a vessel that travels beneath the surface of the sea. I don't see that the Hunley did that. It appears to be a vessel that traveled mostly submerged. The crew appears to have relied on open hatches for air. Should this be clarified? It appears to me that the boat was a semi-submersible naval vessel. User:HopsonRoad 13:25, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
I don't see:
in the references or see also, it may be of interest.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 21:46, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
From what I have so far read and seen drawn, the Hunley's torpedo was not barbed at all but was percussion based. See this very, very recent article (less than a week ago now) which includes a contemporary diagram of the torpedo showing no barbs, only the percussion fuse. The article still describes the torpedo as barbed in several places— most spar torpedoes were barbed, but I can find no evidence that the one for the Hunley was designed thus and am instead finding evidence that it was un-barbed. Anyone have any thoughts on that? Also, was the Housatonic an ironclad? If so, barbs would have been pointless (as it were!). KDS4444 ( talk) Note: This user has admitted participating in paid editing,— trust but verify.] 19:59, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
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Should this article use the word "the" before the vessel's name outside of the lead sentence? KDS4444 ( talk) 18:03, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
The Manual of Style guide on ship articles indicates that ship names should not have the word "the" preceding them in the lead sentence (see WP:SHIPMOS). However, it does not discuss the use of "the" beyond this. It looks like several reliable sources, including the most recent scientific publication on the Hunley's sinking (available here) use "the Hunley", but this is not consistent within the wikipedia article as it currently stands. Another editor and I have disagreed on this, and it was suggested I bring the matter to the talk page for discussion. Please leave your thoughts below. Thanks! KDS4444 ( talk) 18:08, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
Because I suspect that editors will restate that which has been written before (and it has been written about for a long time), I offer these links to previous discussions so that we might minimize saying that which has already been said:
— Trappist the monk ( talk) 11:57, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
FWIW, the website of the Hunley Project (the "owner" of the submarine), appears to use "the" almost exclusively. I would tend to follow their usage. Mojoworker ( talk) 20:00, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
Hunley sank to the bottom of Charleston's harborrefer to the man or the submarine? I guess in actuality it's both. But
Hunley died in a submarine accident on October 15, 1863. On February 17, 1864, Hunley sank to the bottom of Charleston's harborsounds like he had some sort of Viking funeral. And yes, the italics do help, but not unless you go back and read the sentence again. Mojoworker ( talk) 18:02, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
Generally, "the" is not used, unless it is part of the vessel's name, such as MV The Second Snark. Mjroots ( talk) 10:44, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
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http://www.trendnet.me/hunley-submarine-human-remains.html
to this site a photograph of a dead body shows as if it is half burned, how this?
was the compartment of the crew flooded or not flooded? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.65.26.168 ( talk) 19:14, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
This article says (verbatim)
The Hunley was shipped by rail in 1863 to Charlestown, SC, where, in an attempt to sink the Union frigate New Ironsides, it was swamped by a wave from a passing paddle wheeler; only the commander Lieutenant John Payne escaped
In early october 1863, in a new try at the New Ironsides, the Hunley capsized near Fort Sumter; Payne and one seaman escaped.
Raised by Hunley, the submarine went to the bottom again on october 15th during a practice dive, with loss of her crew.
i.e. the vessel was sunk three times before the final action, not two as in the text. Moreover this text seems at odd with the date of service and the statement that did a single action.
Another question: how may be unconfirmed the length of a recovered vessel (see infobox)? I suppose that this refers to the to total length inclusive of a broken spar torpedo. I feel that the body length might be a more meaningful datum.
pietro 151.29.189.70 ( talk) 12:27, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
I believe this article is overstating the knowledge of why the sub sank. We visited the Hunley Museum in October 2022, and the museum personnel repeatedly stated "We don't know why the Hunley sank." The proximity to the Housatonic was among the possible reasons given, but others were given as well. 2601:283:4001:A3C0:8CD7:A4CF:28FA:DC8E ( talk) 17:23, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
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Can anyone find a source backing the claim that the Hunley and her cargo are valued at $40 Million? I cannot locate any credible information at all that places a monetary value on her. CrowJohnston205 ( talk) 21:20, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
I noticed a lack of explanation on what Hunley, McClintock, and Watson's motivations might be for building the boats. I intend to mention that both nationalism and financial gain were likely strong motivators.
I fail to see the relevance of mentioning The Bayou St. John Confederate submarine in this section. If a source proposed that the Bayou St. John somehow influenced the creation of Hunley and her predecessors, then I would understand. As it stands, though, its mention feels like an unnecessary fun fact. I intend to remove it.
I intend to reference McClintock's own opinions on the Pioneer, as I feel his perspective as its inventor is a valuable one. This would also help show how one of Hunley's predecessors ended up influencing it in a meaningful way. Here is the sentence I would add: "McClintock noted the significance that a boat capable of moving in any direction at any depth could be made, but ultimately decided that such a vessel could be improved.[Wills, 2017]" This would also help make the transition into American Diver smoother.
The first sentence relating to American Diver reads, "McClintock moved to Mobile to develop a second submarine, American Diver with the collaboration of two others." First of all, both Hunley and Watson went to Mobile with McClintock to construct American Diver. Secondly, I think the "two others" mentioned might be Thomas Park and Thomas Lyons of the Park & Lyons machine shops, who the group collaborated with on the production of American Diver. I intend to add Hunley and Watson next to McClintock's mention and replace "two others" with Thomas Park and Thomas Lyons.
In this section, the details regarding American Diver's electromagnetic features are a little fuzzy. I intend to more clearly explain what the electromagnetic engine did (self-propulsion), as well as explain why the builders ended up shafting the idea (too expensive and time-consuming to be worth it).
The term, "heavy chop," is a bit unfamiliar to a general audience. I intend to replace this term with "rough waters."
Here is the source I will use to add new information:
Wills, R. (2017, July 28). The H. L. Hunley in Historical Context. Naval History and Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley/the-h-l-hunley-in-historical-context.html#anchor377559
It is an official US Navy website so I'm pretty sure it is credible.
Please let me know if I'm out of my depth with anything here. My goal is simply to improve this article.
-- TheLawFra ( talk) 16:38, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
This section doesn't specifically mention that Housatonic was a Screw sloop-of-war. I intend to add the word "screw."
This section implies that Hunley was specifically sent out to take down the Housatonic. I believe it would be more accurate to say that Hunley was out on patrol and decided to attack Housatonic after noticing it. I intend to change the context to match this.
This section does not mention the fact that Housatonic returned fire. I intend to add this information.
My source (Wills, 2017) says that Housatonic sank in approximately 3 minutes, while this article claims it was 5 minutes. I intend to change the time, but if you think my source is incorrect, feel free to tell me.
The final blurb that describes the recovery of Hunley is vague and uncited. I have to ask if this part is even necessary, considering that there is a LENGTHY section regarding the recovery of the vessel within this very article. I also think its placement before the "Disappearance" section is a strange choice. The train of thought as the article stands goes like this: Attack on Housatonic > Recovery of Hunley > disappearance of Hunley. I think this blurb would make much more sense at the end of "Disappearance." I intend to move the blurb to the end of the "Disappearance" section, reworded accordingly.
My source for any new information I intend to add:
Wills, R. (2017, July 28). The H. L. Hunley in Historical Context. Naval History and Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley/the-h-l-hunley-in-historical-context.html#anchor377559
Please let me know if you have any objections regarding my proposed changes.
Thanks