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  • VISIT
    • Weekend Tours
    • School Tours
    • Group Tours
    • Directions
  • HISTORY
    • Overview
    • Timeline
    • The Civil War
    • Naval Innovation
    • The Hunley is Born
    • The Hunley’s Sinkings
    • History is Made
    • The Search and Recovery
    • The Burial
  • SCIENCE
    • Overview
    • Timeline
    • Excavation
    • Artifacts
    • Facial Reconstructions
    • Conservation
  • THE MYSTERY
    • Overview
    • Evidence
    • Theories
  • NEWS
  • ABOUT US
    • Overview
    • Contact Us
    • Press Releases
  • SHOP
  • DONATE
    • DONATE
    • RENEW MEMBERSHIP
  • BUY TICKETS
  • Lost for over a century, the Hunley was
    raised from the sea in 2000.
    Now, scientists are working to solve the
    mystery of her disappearance.
    The World's First Successful Combat Submarine
  • Why Did the Hunley Vanish?

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VIDEOS

The Hunley’s air circulation system didn’t work or was disconnected the night she and her eight-man crew vanished in 1864. The finding suggests difficulty getting oxygen inside crew compartment.

Scientists are at work to preserve the Hunley and remove the concretion (a rock-hard layer of sand, rust, sediment and silt) that covers the inside of the crew compartment.

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Contact Info

  • Friends of the Hunley
  • 1250 Supply St, Charleston, SC 29405
  • 843-743-4865
  • info@hunley.org

Hunley Project Updates

  • Artifacts Belonging to Doomed 19th Century Submarine Captain Conserved
  • Hunley Launches New Visitor Experience & Fully Reopens After Closing Due to the Coronavirus
  • A Grateful World Says Goodbye to Clive Cussler
  • Golden Treasures from the Past
  • Lost Hunley Crew’s Air Circulation System May Not Have Been Functioning the Night the Submarine Vanished

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