USS Housatonic Site Assessment
Conlin DL (ed). 2006. USS Housatonic Site Assessment. Submerged Resources Center Professional Reports. Submerged Resources Center Professional Papers Number 19. Santa Fe, NM
In May, June and Jul,y 1999, archeologists from the Naval Historical Center,National Park Service and South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology systematically probed and documented the wreck of the Union blockade ship USS Housatonic located outside of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Housatonic was attacked and sunk by the Confederate submarine H.L Hunley February 17, 1864. Magnetic anomalies detected during the 1996 assessment of H.L. Hunley were also documented and geological data pertaining to sediment deposition, age and structure were collected. The project documented damage to the Union ship that is probably the result of the Confederate attack and determined that sufficient articulated structure and preserved artifacts remain to make the H.L. Hunley/VSS Housatonic Naval Engagement Site eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 2006
- Units
- HIST
- Keywords
- Cultural Resources, ehistory, H.L. Hunley, submerged, USS Housatonic