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Topic: CSA H.L. Hunley

Posted By: fortyrod
Subject: CSA H.L. Hunley
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2017 at 5:53pm

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Posted By: 610ET
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2017 at 11:47am

It seems like she would have sunk right there if the crew was dead from their own blast?

Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2017 at 2:45pm

I got the impression from the article that the explosion did not breach the Hunley's hull. If so, she may have drifted below the surface for a while before settling on the bottom.

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Posted By: 610ET
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2017 at 3:05pm

Dr. Stan wrote:

I got the impression from the article that the explosion did not breach the Hunley's hull. If so, she may have drifted below the surface for a while before settling on the bottom.

"The Hunley itself later sank, with its crew of eight aboard".

Maybe just not clearly worded?

Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2017 at 6:42pm

Maybe. So I took another look at the article. And it looks like the explosion was the cause of their deaths, but the boat maintained watertight integrity for a time.

. . . the skeletons of all eight of the crew were all still at their stations, with no broken bones, and the sub was in very good condition . . .

"There were some holes in the hull that were the result of time under the sea. But there was no actual damage found to have happened from the blast itself," . . .

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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.~Abe Lincoln
SS-393, SSBN-610(B), SSBN-624(G), SSN-591
USSVI Life Member; Holland Club; Plank Owner, Smoky Mtn. Base

Posted By: Runner485
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2017 at 10:18am

Agree. But we'll never no for sure.

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Joe
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Posted By: Dr. Stan
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2017 at 2:36pm

That's true. But, at least they know more than they did 10 years ago.

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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.~Abe Lincoln
SS-393, SSBN-610(B), SSBN-624(G), SSN-591
USSVI Life Member; Holland Club; Plank Owner, Smoky Mtn. Base