Recover the H.L. Hunley Traditional Cache
kasperscouts: It got lost.
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This cache is a small size lock n lock container that
contains little items to trade.
Located in Lynches River County Park. Hours are 9 AM to
sunset.
Cache is located off a trail that is very close to the
river. Parking is available at the Community Center. If the river
is very high, getting to this one could be very difficult or
impossible. Be careful while retrieving the cache and please put it
back the way you found it.
The H.L.
Hunley
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H. L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States of
America that played a small part in the American Civil War, but a
large role in naval warfare. The Confederate States Ship (CSS)
Hunley demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea
warfare. The CSS Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy
warship, although the vessel was not submerged and was also lost
following the successful attack. The Confederates lost 21 crewmen
in three sinkings during the CSS Hunley's career. The submarine was
renamed after the death of her inventor, Horace Lawson Hunley, and
some time after she had been taken into the Confederate forces at
Charleston, South Carolina
H. L. Hunley, almost 40 feet (12 meters) long, was built at
Mobile, Alabama, launched in July 1863, and shipped by rail to
Charleston, South Carolina on August 12, 1863.
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On February 17, 1864, Hunley attacked and sank the
1240-short ton (1124 metric tons)[1] screw sloop USS Housatonic in
Charleston harbor, but soon after, Hunley also apparently sank,
drowning all eight crewmen. Over 136 years later, on August 8,
2000, the wreck was recovered, and on April 17, 2004, the
DNA-identified remains of the eight Hunley crewmen were interred in
Charleston's Magnolia Cemetery with full military honors.
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Click on this link to watch the historic movie about
the H.L. Hunley
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Additional Hints
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