Hunley and Housatonic Images - from "Official Records" and elsewhere

Confederate States Submarine Torpedo Boat H. L. Hunley. Longitudinal Elevation, Plan, And Transverse Sectional Views (1)  Longitudinal Elevation Sectional View (1) Plan Sectional View (1) Transverse Sectional View (1) Cutaway drawings published in France, based on sketches by William A. Alexander, who directed her construction (3) Inboard profile and plan drawings, after sketches by W. A. Alexander, who directed her construction. (3)

Confederate States Submarine Torpedo Boat H. L. Hunley (1) (2) Confederate States Submarine Torpedo Boat H. L. Hunley (3) Confederate States Submarine Torpedo Boat H. L. Hunley - Painting at Museum of the Confederacy by Conrad Wise Chapman Plaque Honoring Horace Lawson Hunley (3)

USS Housatonic (3) by R. G. Skerrett Destruction of the U.S. Steam Sloop of War "Housatonic" (5) Destruction of Housatonic by Rebel Torpedo (6) Site Where the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was constructed in 1863. (3) Located at the corner of Water and State Streets, in Mobile, this old building housed the Gill Welding and Boiler Works when photographed in about 1960. Note: This is the location, not the actual building.  This building was built in 1884, dismantled 1965. (4)

(1) Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion; Series I - Volume 15: South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (October 1, 1863 - September 30, 1864), 1902, U.S. Government Printing Office
(2) Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion; Series II - Volume 1: Statistical Data of Union and Confederate Ships; Muster Roles of Confederate Government Vessels; Letters of Marque and Reprisals; Confederate Department Investigations, 1921, U.S. Government Printing Office
(3) Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images
(4) Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, Call Number: HABS, ALA,49-MOBI,205-
(5) Barnes, John Sanford (Lieutenant-Commander), Submarine Warfare, Offensive and Defensive, Including a Discussion of the Offensive Torpedo System, Its Effects Upon Iron-Clad Ship Systems, and Influence Upon Future Naval Wars, pp. 125 - 131, New York, D. Van Norstrand, 1869
(6) Waud, Alfred R. (artist), "Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charleston", Forms part of Library of Congress Civil War drawing collection, Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

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