Originally built in 1863 for the Confederate Army, the H.L. Hunley became the world's first successful combat submarine. It was suddenly lost at sea in 1864 and remained so until 1995 when it was ...

The HL Hunley was lying in wait to the east of Charleston Harbor, off the coast of South Carolina. The submarine had been there for months, practicing for its crucial mission and waiting patiently ...

During the American Civil War, both sides fielded submarines with the Confederates launching the CSS Hunley in 1863. This was ...

New technologies helped marine archaeologists recover the H.L. Hunley, a Civil War submarine Mountain Gorillas Threatened Venture into Virunga National Park with Smithsonian writer Paul Raffaele as he ...