Shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places - USS Monitor, H. L. Hunley, PS Lady Elgin, USS Utah, USS Massachusetts (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: USS Monitor, H. L. Hunley, PS Lady Elgin, USS Utah, USS Massachusetts, USS Arizona Memorial, Brother Jonathan, Rouse Simmons, USS California, SS Winfield Scott, SS America, SS Algoma, SS Glenlyon, USS Somers, SS Cumberland, SS Kamloops, SS City of Rio de Janeiro, SS Emperor, SS Henry Chisholm, USS Alligator, HMS Culloden, Chester A. Congdon, SS Monarch, USS Puritan, SMS Cormoran, Thomas Wilson, Samuel P. Ely, USCGC Duane, San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park, Madeira, Hesper, USS Essex, Maple Leaf, Hennepin, City of Hawkinsville, Portland, List of the 1733 Spanish Plate Fleet Shipwrecks, Vamar Shipwreck Site, SS Tarpon, Georges Valentine, Urca de Lima, SS Copenhagen, Lofthus, Half Moon, Forward shipwreck site, SS Regina, Antonio Lopez, Pretoria, Charles H. Spencer Hulk, Marquette, Land Tortoise, San Jose, St. Peter, San Felipe, Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserves, Wiawaka bateaux, Wreck Sites of HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark, Paul Palmer. Excerpt: H.L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that played a small part in the American Civil War, but a large role in the history of naval warfare. The Hunley demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. It was the first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship, although the Hunley was not completely submerged and was lost at some point following her successful attack. The Confederacy lost 21 crewmen in three sinkings of the Hunley during her short career. The submarine was named for her inventor, Horace Lawson Hunley, shortly after it was taken into service under the control of the Confederate Army at Charleston, South Carolina. H. L. Hunley, nearly 40 feet (12 m) long, was built at Mobile, Alabama, and launched in July 1863. It was then shipped by rail on August 12, 1863 to Charleston, South Carolina. Hu...