What was the name of the Confederate submarine that was first to sink an enemy ship?

Answer 1

It was the H. L. Hunley, a submarine developed by the Confederate navy during the U.S. Civil War. The mission had mixed results, however, because the Hunley sank soon afterwards, and all hands went down with it. The H.L. Hunley was under Confederate Army command because the Confederate Navy wanted nothing to do with it, as they considered submarines too dangerous, and it was dishonorable to attack at sea without showing the flag. Of the crew aboard when the sub made its fateful attack, only one was a sailor, and the rest were army men. It was not until World War 1 that a submarine would better the Hunley's achievement, as the German sub U9 sank three British cruisers and survived to tell the story. Robert Fulton's Nautilus was actually the first submarine to sink a ship, but it was a peacetime demonstration. Earlier than that, David Bushnell's Turtle made the first submarine attack in the American Revolutionary War, but it was unsuccessful, so Hunley was indeed the first submarine to sink an enemy ship.

Answer 2

The Hunley. She was named for her inventor, Horace Hunley. Her crews were all volunteers, and she drowned several complete crews, including Horace Hunley, on trips to train the crew and accustom them to turning the crank that was the power that moved the submarine. She was not truly submersible, and could not go completely underwater and then come up. She operated with just a few inches sticking up out of the water, and the hatch needed to be open for being able to see to steer. Obviously, operating with any swells or waves was very dangerous, because once water started sloshing in it was quite easy for the boat to flood and sink, and trap the crew inside. This was how the first crews all died, but each time she was raised and it was tried again. The first tries at using the Hunley were in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Then she was put on a railroad flat car and moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where she made her successful attack on the USS Housatonic. On her way back to land from that success she swamped again and drowned her last crew. She was lost for over a century, but was located in the 1990s, and raised, and is currently undergoing stabilization and restoration.

Answer 3

The name of the first Confederate sub was the C.S.S Huntley.

Answer 4

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ANS 2 - The Confederate submarine H L Hunley sank the Federal warship Housatonic in 1864

Answer 5

The first submarine built for the South was named the Pioneer. It was built in 1861 in New Orleans by James McClintock and Baxtor Watson.

Answer 6

The USS Housatonic, in 1864.

Answer 7

The Hunley.