After 11 yrs of conservation, the CSS Hunley is finally revealed

[oneshooter]

The "cage" that covered the wreck of the CSS Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel, was removed. And the entire sub can now be seen.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/pictures/120131-hunley-civil-war-first-submarine-science-nation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ng%2FNews%2FNews_Main+%28National+Geographic+News+-+Main%29&utm_content=Google+Reader&fb_source=message#/civil-war-submarine-revealed-hunley-raising_48006_600x450.jpg

Strangley enough the crew of the Hunley were Army, not Navy.

Oneshooter

[Gold Metal Flake]

3. According to the NatGeo text it was remarkably efficient at drowning Rebs.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Couple of good books on the Hunley, for anyone interested.

The H.L. Hunley:
the secret hope of the Confederacy by Tom Chaffin is a good read.
Here is a page outline of it:
http://books.google.com/books/about/The_H_L_Hunley.html?id=c_ARXQ1TDfkC

The CSS H.L. Hunley : Confederate Submarine, by R.thomas Campbell

and So. Carolina has a web site devoted to the boat, with some very interesting details and links.
http://www.charlestonillustrated.com/hunley/

[era veteran]

5. Braver men than me. n/t

[Kali]

6. to whoever alerted on taterguy (and jurors 1 - 5):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/124040434#post6

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1240&pid=38419

http://www.democraticunderground.com/124029095

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. Kali

is this to be only for taterguy? he is the execption to make the rule? or will this set a precedent for all DU to then use?

[Kali]

9. some DUers have certain "things" that make them special

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. I plead insanity

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of tequila from the cellar

[Kali]

11. is Grovelbot down there with you?

and that is a GOOD insanity, I might add.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. Grovelbot is always with me

&feature=related

[Capn Sunshine]

8. That's fucking funny. Dumbasses

[MrScorpio]

19. Does this mean we can all start double dumbassing each other now?

By the way, they are not the hell your whales.

[oneshooter]

13. Wow!! Talk about thread theft, you really managed to do it!

[Kali]

14. sorry

[UnrepentantLiberal]

15. You should delete your OP and try this thread again with pics.

It should be on the front page under "cool". Really interesting stuff.

[baldguy]

17. Also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Navy

[jmowreader]

16. Nothing strange about it...

Squids generally know better than to volunteer for suicide missions. In the Army we've got a whole regiment (the 75th Ranger Regiment) just for that.

[Fix The Stupid]

18. Wow. 8 people in that thing?

Braver men than me...

Torture. Sheer torture...