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CSS H L Hunley

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CSS H L Hunley, often referred to as Hunley, was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that played a small part in the American Civil War. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship. Following her successful attack on the USS Housatonic, was lost along with her crew before she could return to base. The Confederacy lost 21 crewmen in three sinkings of Hunley during her short career. She was named for her inventor, Horace Lawson Hunley, shortly after she was taken into government service under the control of the Confederate States Army at Charleston, South Carolina.

The first crew was lost on August 29, 1863, while preparing to make a test dive to learn the operation of the submarine. The second crew was lost on October 15, 1863 when the Hunley failed to surface during a mock attack. The third crew was lost on the night of February 17, 1864, when the Hunley made her first and only attack against a live target.

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