Regarding the design and viability of a submarine design, just how close was the CSS Hunley? The program was shut down due to the human loss, but should it have been? Granted, they were successful in sinking the USS Houstatonic, but it did come at the loss of all hands.
Were they really close to having something that worked and gave crews a chance without sacrificing their lives or do modern review of the designs suggest a ton of engineering flaws and the program was right to have been terminated? Was the technology for a truly viable submarine still decades away?
Were they really close to having something that worked and gave crews a chance without sacrificing their lives or do modern review of the designs suggest a ton of engineering flaws and the program was right to have been terminated? Was the technology for a truly viable submarine still decades away?