72 - C. S. S. Hunley Traditional Cache
6 Pack Attack: putting this one to rest
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preform soda bottle
Caches in this series on Kings Ferry Road begin to be unavailable
when the Mississippi River gauge at Vicksburg reaches 35 feet.
Caches along Long Lake Road begin to be unavailable when the gauge reaches 38 feet. Caches along the Yazoo River on the north and western portions of this series begin to be unavailable when the river reaches 41 feet.
Acquisition.--Built at Mobile, Ala., in 1863, in the shops of Park & Lyons, by her designer, Hunley, McClintock, and Watson.
Description.--Submarine torpedo boat.
Dimensions.--Internal, height 5'; breadth 4'.
Speed.--In smooth water and light current, 4 miles an hour.
Disposition.--Sunk with the U. S. S. Housatonic, which vessel she torpedoed, February 17, 1864, off Charleston, S.C.
Remarks.--Motive power, a hand propeller, worked by eight men
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