The
Hunley flotilla passes the USS Yorktown, a WWII era aircraft carrier
in Charleston Harbor.Smoke
from Civil War cannons fired in salute can be seen just off the
deck.
The Hunley flotilla
passes Ft. Sumter, site of the first shot of the Civil War.
The Hunley
breaks the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
Approximately
200 small boats observe the Hunley being raised outside Charleston
Harbor.
The Hunley
flotilla passes under the Cooper River Bridges.
The
propeller of the CSS H. L. Hunley.
It was cranked by hand by its crew members.
The
Hunley flotilla passes the Charleston peninsula, few changes can be
seen from the air from 130 years ago.
Civil
War reenactors honor the submarine as it prepares to enter the Lasch
Conservation Center on the old Navy Base in Charleston, SC.
The
Hunley in the last seconds before it is placed in its conservation
tank filled with water. The shot shows a 360 degree view inside the
Lasch Conservation Center.
The Detyens
Shipyard crane lifts the Hunley from the barge for its trip to the
conservation lab.
Recovery
team members celebrate the successful recovery of the Hunley.
Clive
Cussler watches events at the conservation lab.
The H.L.
Hunley breaks the surface after 136 years.
The
recovery barge makes its way past Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
Senator
Glen McConnell and Warren Lasch, Chairman of the Friends of the Hunley,
enjoy the ride back into Charleston.
The
recovery barge passes by crowds at the S.C. Aquarium.
Flags
at Fort Sumter flew at half-mast in honor of the sailors who gave
their lives during the Hunley's last mission and are still entombed
within her.
Reenactors
fire a cannon and lift a blue signal light in honor of the Hunley's
safe arrival at the conservation lab.
The Hunley is cradled in the truss built by Oceaneering International,
Inc. as it breaks the surface of the water.
Just
before the sub is raised.
The top of
the recovery truss breaks the water.
The
bow of the Hunley is seen cradled safely in the recovery truss just
moments after breaking the surface of the Atlantic.
The
stern of the Hunley rests in the near-freezing waters of the conservation
lab.
A view of the
tank from the floor of the Lasch Conservation Lab.
The forward conning
tower of the Hunley seen in the tank at the conservation lab. The
small mass on the front of the conning tower is a patch that was used
to seal a hole found in the sub
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