Friends of the Hunley

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 delivered to the Warren Lasch Conservation Center for study, excavation and preservation. Since then, the team of scientists working to save the world's first successful submarine have made fascinating discoveries and are inching closer to discovering what led to the Hunley and her crew’s loss.

This video details how the recovery of the Hunley was accomplished with no damage to this unique maritime treasure....
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Scientists discovered a fail-safe on the world's first successful combat submarine that was not used the night the crew lost their lives. They were able to quickly drop hundreds of pounds of keel block weights to help rise back up if they got stuck on the sea floor. Watch this video to learn more about this important discovery and what it teaches us about why the Hunley vanished after making world history.