She served as an enlisted sailor aboard USS Hunley (AS-31) and USS Shenandoah (AD-44), according to her Navy biography. She commissioned as an officer in 1999 through Officer Candidate School.

For more than a century, the H.L. Hunley rested at the bottom of the ocean just outside Charleston harbor, its crew entombed, its hull gradually encased in hardening encrustations.

In 1864, the Hunley made its first and last mission to attack and sink the Union ship USS Housatonic. The Hunley also sank and never returned to shore, creating many theories of what happened to ...

In 1864, the Confederate Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley became the first submersible to sink an enemy warship, but then disappeared. The remains of the Hunley were discovered in 1995 and removed ...

Hunley%27s torpedo sank USS Housatonic in 1864 Hunley disappeared after signaling mission accomplished New finding on Hunley changes thinking about sub%27s weapon delivery system A torpedo casing ...

A forensic genealogist uses skills and curiosity to dig deep into the background of crew members of a famous Civil War submarine, the Hunley.

New analysis shows the doomed crew of theConfederate H.L. Hunley submarine didn't use a potentially life-saving built-in feature the night the vessel sank in the Charleston Harbor.Why they didn't ...

Born and built amid secrecy during the Civil War, the H.L. Hunley – the first submarine to sink an enemy ship – has held tight to its murky mysteries.

H.L. Hunley Submarine is ranked #28 out of 28 things to do in Charleston, SC. See pictures and our review of H.L. Hunley Submarine.

The first sub to sink an enemy ship was the Confederate H. L. Hunley, a hand-cranked contraption that struck the USS Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1864.

The submarine tender USS Hunley will be decommissioned Thursday at the Norfolk Naval Base, the Navy said. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding in 1962, Hunley was the first ship designed as a tender … ...

In 1864, the Confederate Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley became the first submersible to sink an enemy warship, but then disappeared. The remains of the Hunley were discovered in 1995 and removed ...