James R. McClintock

James R. McClintock was a river boat captain and one of three designers of the H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to down an enemy ship when it sank the USS Housatonic off the coast of South Carolina on February 17, 1864, during the Civil War.

Daguerreotype portrait of James R. McClintock, co-designer of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historic Center
Daguerreotype portrait of James R. McClintock, co-designer of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley