C.S.S. Hunley

[CactusJack]

Thank you sir for sharing that, and thank you for your service to our country.

[ugm84]

Fair winds and following seas shipmates.

George Vajgrt FT1/SS USN (ret)

[Woodsheal]

How much longer before the Hunley goes on public display? I'll plan a trip to Charleston when that day arrives....

[Freedomlover]

How much longer before the Hunley goes on public display? I'll plan a trip to Charleston when that day arrives....

The CSS Hunley is on public display right now. Saturdays and Sundays only, but it is still in a water tank due to the necessity of soaking out the salts accumulated in 140 years under water. According to the conservators I have spoken with it might be more than a decade before she can be displayed in the open air al la the Vasa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship) .

[Freedomlover]

Thank you sir for sharing that, and thank you for your service to our country.

It was my great pleasure, and if age haden't gotten in the way it still would be my pleasure to patrol the deep.