February 18, 1864---The loss of the C.S.S. H. L. HUNLEY

FEBRUARY 18, 1864:         

The submarine C.S.S. H.L. HUNLEY sinks the U.S.S. HOUSATONIC in Charleston Harbor. Although the H.L. HUNLEY is the first combat submarine to ever successfully sink an enemy craft, the H.L. HUNLEY is caught in the detonation of its own torpedo, and itself sinks with all hands for the third and final time. This time the ship is unrecoverable.

When the H.L. HUNLEY is finally discovered and raised in 1995, the remains of her crew are found at their stations.