Missing View Port: Sub Mystery Deepens
John C. Drake
Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
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Columbia, South Carolina (US):
Scientists chipping away the hard layer of mud that covers the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley have discovered that a view port on the front of the vessel is missing.
If no pieces of the view port are found in the ship, it is possible the tower was knocked off when the sub sank. That would conflict with the prevailing theory the tower was blown in by an enemy warship, causing the Hunley to fill with water.
As scientists break away the concretion on the Hunley, they are finding clues that they hope will explain why the historic vessel disappeared right after it became the first submarine ever to sink an enemy warship, the Union's Housatonic, in 1864.
Dec 31, 2005
John C. Drake
Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
______________
Columbia, South Carolina (US):
Scientists chipping away the hard layer of mud that covers the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley have discovered that a view port on the front of the vessel is missing.
If no pieces of the view port are found in the ship, it is possible the tower was knocked off when the sub sank. That would conflict with the prevailing theory the tower was blown in by an enemy warship, causing the Hunley to fill with water.
As scientists break away the concretion on the Hunley, they are finding clues that they hope will explain why the historic vessel disappeared right after it became the first submarine ever to sink an enemy warship, the Union's Housatonic, in 1864.
Dec 31, 2005
