USS Housatonic

A 1902 drawing of the USS Housatonic by R. G. Skerrett. The Housatonic was commissioned as a U.S. Navy sloop of war in 1862 and was sunk in February 1864 by the Confederacy's H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel.

Drawing of USS Housatonic, the Union sloop sunk by the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley in 1864

Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command, United States Navy

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<em>H. L. Hunley</em> Submarine

H. L. Hunley Submarine

Drawing of USS Housatonic, the Union sloop sunk by the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley in 1864