Post by GrayGhost on Feb 17, 2005 12:28:59 GMT -5
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Mystery Still Surrounds Hunley Sinking 141 Years Later
First Submarine To Sink Ship In Combat Sank After Battle
POSTED: 11:38 am EST February 17, 2005
UPDATED: 11:55 am EST February 17, 2005
CHARLESTON -- Thursday is the 141st anniversary of the sinking of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley. But scientists still don't know exactly why the sub went down after sinking the blockade ship USS Housatonic off Charleston in 1864.
The senior archaeologist on the Hunley project, Maria Jacobsen, said there's no smoking gun. And, she said, scientists are working on a very cold case file as well.
Jacobsen said it will take time to put together dozens of clues.
Journalists got a chance to see the crew bench removed earlier from the hand-cranked sub. Scientists said it's in good shape, likely meaning the sub for a time filled slowly with sand and that preserved the bench.
They said that had water rushed in more quickly, sea worms likely would have entered the sub as well and would have eaten away at the wood.
I too am curious as to what exactly happened. Why did the Hunley sink?
Hopefully we will know soon.
Mystery Still Surrounds Hunley Sinking 141 Years Later
First Submarine To Sink Ship In Combat Sank After Battle
POSTED: 11:38 am EST February 17, 2005
UPDATED: 11:55 am EST February 17, 2005
CHARLESTON -- Thursday is the 141st anniversary of the sinking of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley. But scientists still don't know exactly why the sub went down after sinking the blockade ship USS Housatonic off Charleston in 1864.
The senior archaeologist on the Hunley project, Maria Jacobsen, said there's no smoking gun. And, she said, scientists are working on a very cold case file as well.
Jacobsen said it will take time to put together dozens of clues.
Journalists got a chance to see the crew bench removed earlier from the hand-cranked sub. Scientists said it's in good shape, likely meaning the sub for a time filled slowly with sand and that preserved the bench.
They said that had water rushed in more quickly, sea worms likely would have entered the sub as well and would have eaten away at the wood.
I too am curious as to what exactly happened. Why did the Hunley sink?
Hopefully we will know soon.