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H. L. Hunley - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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CSS Hunley, was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that played a small part in the American Civil War. Hunley demonstrated the advantages and dangers of undersea warfare.

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[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

There’s a museum near Charleston SC where they have the Hunley in a big water tank that I went to. What’s gross about the museum is that it celebrates the people who piloted it as “pioneers of submarine warfare” instead of gross traitors who sought to preserve the barbarism of slavery.