Two lost warships from the US Civil War made their mark on history. These two battleships USS Monitor and H.L. It bears the names Hunley. As these warships are historically very important, efforts have been made to find them for a long time. The USS Monitor battleship was the first of its kind built for and commissioned by the Navy during the American Civil War. The historic ship became an armored warship ready for use in early 1862. H.L. Hunley, on the other hand, was a civil war confederation submarine built by Park & Lyons in 1863. He sank three times during his short career. The first two sinkings occurred during test runs. For the last time, it was submerged during its attack on USS Housatonic.

Importance of the USS Monitor Ship

The design of the historic warship came to the fore with its rotating tower designed by American inventor Theodore Timby. The crew of the USS Monitor was volunteers. It consisted of a total of 49 officers and conscripts. There were ten officers on the historic warship. One of the most famous naval battles in American history took place on March 9, 1862. USS Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia started a war to fight in Hampton Roads Virginia. As a result of this war, the USS Monitor warship became a sunken ship. The grueling battle between Monitor and Confederate Ironclad CSS Virginia was recreated by Republic Pictures in the 1936 film Hearts in Bondage. The historic ship war was also dramatized in the 1991 television movie Ironclads, produced by Ted Turner.

H.L. Getting Hunley Out of the Sea

The Hunley historic ship has been lying at a 45-degree angle on the seafloor for more than a hundred years. To lift the civil war submarine out of the ocean, several hangers were attached to the underside of the submarine, and then the shipwreck was lifted from the water. The shipwreck was moved to the Lasch Conservation Center. The hull plates and spine blocks were left in the hangers at a 45-degree angle until removed. Eleven tons of sediment were removed from the interior of the historic warship. When the engineers' assessment was complete and the Hunley was decided to be safe to transport, it was brought into an upright position. In June 2011, this process was completed in three days. USS Monitor and H.L. Hunley warships continue to be valued today as witnesses of history.