The Hunley Museum

[SJU5]

Great photos. They have added some things to the museum since I was there.

And they have a pretty nice gift shop there too.

 

[Pollaco]

Is that replica of the Hunley the same exact size as the original?

 

[52ndFandS]

There is alot of history behind her. When she was docked at the San Jacinto Battleground it was a "double treat" to visit that place.

Absolutely. I was telling the guy I was in a band with back home how lucky he was to go to that field snd see the ship every year. He blank stared me like, "Big deal."

I followed the repair work pretty close. My grandfather was a harbor pilot so I grew up on the water and learned some profoundly foul language at a young age.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

Everything I go to Charleston I end I end up crawling around in the compartments in the Yorktown and then (!) the Hunley museum cones to mind. Twice now. Won't be a third.

I did BOTH the last time I was there. Of course it was a Navy reunion.

 

[52ndFandS]

I did BOTH the last time I was there. Of course it was a Navy reunion.

I was tattooing south of there. I took a day trip too late in the day.

 

[Lubliner]

I am curious as to whether the descendants of the crew were given an option for having the keepsakes returned to them, or have them donated to the museum. Thanks,
Lubliner.

I can only assume this donation was cleared by the descendants of the crew. I am not trying to muddy waters here to stir up a controversy. I was honestly curious about the policy used by museums, same as with the Monitor at the Mariner's Museum.
Thanks,
Lubliner.

 

[Nathan Stuart]

I can only assume this donation was cleared by the descendants of the crew. I am not trying to muddy waters here to stir up a controversy. I was honestly curious about the policy used by museums, same as with the Monitor at the Mariner's Museum.
Thanks,
Lubliner.

To sow it up as a watertight donation. Thought a prudently operated museum would get any donor with lawful title to an item to sign a deed of assignment, transferring absolute ownership (to prevent any attempt at recovery later.)

 

[Pollaco]

How did Charleston (or was it SC?) wind up with the Hunley? I read where Alabama and the US Navy tried to lay claim to it too.

 

[huskerblitz]

How did Charleston (or was it SC?) wind up with the Hunley? I read where Alabama and the US Navy tried to lay claim to it too.

This should answer that

The Search and Recovery – The Friends of The Hunley

www.hunley.org

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

How did Charleston (or was it SC?) wind up with the Hunley? I read where Alabama and the US Navy tried to lay claim to it too.

It was likely more effective to salvage AND preserve it in Charleston rather than transporting the relics over any significant distance.

 

[SJU5]

Is that replica of the Hunley the same exact size as the original?

What replica?

 

[huskerblitz]

What replica?

The one sitting outside the Charleston Museum.

H.L. Hunley Replica

A replica of the civil war submarine, H.L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a warship, sits outside a Museum in Charleston, South Carolina

mechtraveller.com

 

[Caddo Militia]

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Incredible museum, thanks for a great post.

 

[SJU5]

The one sitting outside the Charleston Museum.

H.L. Hunley Replica

A replica of the civil war submarine, H.L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a warship, sits outside a Museum in Charleston, South Carolina

mechtraveller.com

Look about the same size

 

[Blessmag]

One of my favorite topics. I need to find some "Hunley tidbits" for a presentation we are giving at the next Sons of Confederate Veterans meeting. The topic will be the Hunley.

Such as it sunk in 30 feet of water?

 

[Pollaco]

Such as it sunk in 30 feet of water?

Good one

 

[SJU5]

A better question is how the heck did they raise it each of the first two times it sunk with 1860's technology. They didn't have scuba gear then unless they hooked it somehow and dragged it back to port with the sun being full of water.

 

[Pollaco]

I dont know how they raised but they did and they really shouldn't have waited so long. I read where they had an awful time removing the dead, bloated bodies from the crew that drowned.

 

[JerryD]

I am curious as to whether the descendants of the crew were given an option for having the keepsakes returned to them, or have them donated to the museum. Thanks,
Lubliner.

I would think not. Under the law of finds, in simple terms, anyone who retrieves goods from a ship that has been sunk for sometime is the owner of the recovered goods. So the descendants would have any legal title to them.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

Such as it sunk in 30 feet of water?

Aw, come on. He is serious.