NEW RESEARCH INTO FATAL HUNLEY EXPLOSION

Posted By Bill Payer on Feb 24, 2020 | 0 comments


“The New Explosive Theory About What Doomed the Crew of the Hunley

A blast-injury expert takes aim at the mystery of what sank the most famous—and lethal—submarine of the Civil War.”

Read more from the March 2020 edition of SMITHSONIAN Magazine.

Conservator Anna Funke prepares to spray sodium hydroxide on the Hunley in the Warren Lasch Conservation Center on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The Hunley is usually submerged in the solution so it can extract salt from the structure of the submarine. Michael Pronzato/Staff

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