Sinking of USS Housatonic
id:
sinking-of-uss-housatonic-304-7913373
title:
Sinking of USS Housatonic
text:
The Sinking of USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864 during the American Civil War was an important turning point in naval warfare. The Confederate States Navy submarine, H.L. Hunley made her first and only attack on a Union Navy warship when she staged a clandestine night attack on USS Housatonic in Charleston harbor. H.L. Hunley approached just under the surface, avoiding detection until the last moments, then embedded and remotely detonated a spar torpedo that rapidly sank the 1,240 long tons (1
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Incident during the American Civil War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_USS_Housatonic
date created:
date modified:
2024-02-17T18:34:23Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q7524597","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7524597"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Conrad_Wise_Chapman_-_Submarine_Torpedo_Boat_H.L._Hunley%2C_Dec._6%2C_1863.jpg","width":1140,"height":800}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15