Tuesday, January 17, 2012

C.S.S. H.L. Hunley Shrouding Removed

A Confederate submarine made the news recently.  (Yes, you read that correctly.)

The world got an unobstructed view of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley for the first time since the Civil War on Thursday (January 12) as a massive steel truss that had surrounded the first sub in history to since an enemy warship was finally removed. 

The truss weighing more than 8 tons had shrouded the sub since it was raised off the coast of South Carolina almost a dozen years ago. 

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