Today marks the
150th anniversary of CSS Hunley's sinking of USS Housatonic, the first successful submarine attack in history.
Hunley was lost with all hands shortly after the attack, but her
raised hull is providing a trove of information to historians. Here's
a drawing of the boat from the Navy History webpage:
Speaking of anniversaries, the
Navy Cyberspace blog, one of the older milblogs, celebrated their 10th blogiversary yesterday. If you haven't visited in a while, your should stop by and see what Tom's been up to over there.
Read the complete post at http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2014/02/150-years-ago.html
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Feb 17 2014, 06:10 AM
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The Stupid Shall Be Punished