Monday, October 7, 2013

October 8, 1863---The Confederacy's 'other' submarine



OCTOBER 8, 1863:    

The submarine C.S.S. DAVID launches an attack against the U.S.S. NEW IRONSIDES which is a tactical failure. The DAVID’s “torpedo” (a mine) explodes, but barely dents the ironclad’s hull. The DAVID, unlike its more famous cousin  C.S.S. H.L. HUNLEY, lives to fight another day, but never inflicts significant damage on any Union vessel. At the end of the war the U.S. Navy scraps her. 


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