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Here you'll find a wide range of photos related to the search for and subsequent discovery of the C.S.S. HUNLEY. You could spend all day browsing this section. If you are interested in more information about this ship, you may also want to visit the C.S.S. HUNLEY page or the HUNLEY Video page.

Recovery Photos

Hunley Project Director Dr.
Robert Neyland enters the water. Photo by Brett Seymour.
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Stern deck of M/V Marks Tide
during Hunley recovery
dive operations.
Photo by Brett Seymour.
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Deputy Field Manager Matt Russell tends diving umbilicals
for archaeologists below.
Photo by Brett Seymour.
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Hunley Recovery Project work
platform M/V Marks Tide at dock.
Photo by Claire Peachey.
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HUNLEY Found by NUMA on May 3, 1995
Photos by crew member Ralph Wilbanks

Original Picture of the forward viewport on the forward hatch
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View of port on the forward hatch
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View port on the CSS Hunley
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Hinge on aft side of forward hatch
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Side section of the CSS Hunley
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Forward cutwater, looking
aft at hull.
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The forward hatch of
the CSS Hunley
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Looking at the edge of the
port dive plane.
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Through hull fitting for the port side breathing tube - looking down.
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The though hull fitting for the port side breathing tube
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General area offshore where the CSS Hunley was located.
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Wes Hall's conceptual drawing of
what the NUMA team discovered.
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Wes Hall handing the video camera to Ralph Wilbanks.
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The NUMA discovery team of Wes Hall, Ralph Wilbanks and
HarryPecoreili III.
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Ralph Wilbanks, NUMA team
director, surveying the site.
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Sun sets on May 3, 1995.
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Miscellaneous Photos

Wes Hall, Marine Archeologist: One of the three NUMA researchers who located the Hunley at the Hunley model in Mobile, Alabama.
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Forward hatch of model of the CSS Hunley in Mobile, Alabama.
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The forward hatch, cutwater, rope and breathing tube on the Model of the CSS Hunley in Mobile Alabama.
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Starboard side view of the forward hatch, breathing tube, cutwater, and spool on the model of the CSS Hunley in Mobile Alabama.
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Painting of the CSS Hunley by Chapman shows the relative size
of the submarine.
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Pictured are scale models of the USS Housatonic and the CSS Hunley commissioned by Clive Cussler. The Hunley model is circled. Both ships were
found by NUMA.
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Artist concept of the Hunley in action. Computer generated graphic by Dan Dowdey.
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Artist concept of the Hunley on the sea floor. Computer generated graphic by Dan Dowdey.
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Image from Raising the Hunley video. Computer animation
Mike Skrab.
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Raising the Hunley Video Stills

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