All eight crew members of the CSS H.L. Hunley were lost when the vessel, the first submarine to sink an enemy warship, targeted the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, S.C., on Feb. 17, 1864. The ...

The Horlbeck family of Charleston, where a downtown alley bears their name, is sharing a family legacy that dates back to 1764 and the city’s early expansion within a robust British empire.

The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The H.L. Hunley is commemorating the 162nd anniversary of its groundbreaking Civil War mission, when the submarine became the first vessel of its kind to sink an enemy ...

The H.L. Hunley is commemorating the 162nd anniversary of its groundbreaking Civil War mission, when the submarine became the first vessel of its kind to sink an enemy warship on Feb. 17, 1864. After ...

The Acoustic Device Countermeasure, or ADC, is designed to mimic the sound of a submarine, diverting acoustic torpedoes to attack it rather than its host. The Navy awarded Ultra Maritime, a ...

The USS "Monitor" was the U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship. The vessel, which sank off of North Carolina in 1862, ...

Although it now serves as a reef for marine life, researchers have always had trouble visiting the wreck to assess the environment and the ironclad itself. The majority of the Monitor rests about 240 ...

Meet the women who defied the odds, pushed boundaries and paved the way for generations to come. Harriet Tubman. Rosa Parks. Ketanji Brown Jackson. Simone Biles. These are just a handful of the many ...