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  • The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley rests on slings as conservationists painstakingly turn it. The hand-cranked submarine is upright for the first time since it sank with its crew of eight in 1864. (Associated Press)

    Hunley's hidden hull revealed, studied for clues

    The first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship is upright for the first time in almost 150 years, revealing a side of its hull not seen since it sank off the South Carolina coast during the Civil War.


  • The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley rests in a conservation tank in North Charleston, S.C. Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the raising of the sub, the first in history to sink an enemy warship. (Associated Press)

    Questions still haunt sinking of Confederate sub

    A decade after the raising of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley off the South Carolina coast, the cause of the sinking of the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship remains a mystery. But scientists are edging closer.


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