On February 17, 1864, the H. L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine, sank the USS Housatonic in the Charleston Harbor. It was a mixed victory for the Confederate navy. The Mobile Daily Tribune reported that an “object, just on the edge of the water, was discovered astern of the ship. In an instant the cable was slipped, the alarm sounded, and all hands sent…to quarters, but before the ship had made any headway the torpedo exploded under her starboard quarter.”
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Becoming Alabama:
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