Title: H.L. Hunley recovery operations
Description: "Four miles out to sea, three feet below the seabed, lay the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley, lost without a trace on 17 February 1864 after sinking USS Housatonic. Discovered in 1995, a race began to protect this pioneering example of American technical ingenuity from potential looting and destruction. A Navy-led team of archaeologists and engineers developed a plan to excavate and raise the vessel under challenging conditions off the coast of South Carolina, and bring it safely to a laboratory for further study and conservation. This is the story of the recovery process, its planning and execution, and stands as a record of the work conducted at the site of this landmark vessel that marks a turning point in naval warfare" -- Back cover.
Subjects: Underwater archaeology, Excavations (Archaeology), Submarines (Ships), History, Naval operations, Submarine, Antiquities, Naval Military operations, H.L. Hunley (Submarine), American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01351658
Places: South Carolina, Charleston Harbor, United States, Charleston (S.C.), Charleston Harbor (S.C.), Charleston
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865