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| USS Housatonic (1862-1864) USS Housatonic, a 1,930-ton Ossipee class steam screw sloop of war, was built at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts. Commissioned in August 1862, she arrived off Charleston, South Carolina, the following month to join United States' Navy forces blockading that Confederate seaport. On February 17, 1864, while anchored off Charleston, the Union blockade ship USS Housatonic was attacked and sunk by the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, thus becoming the first Naval Warship ship in history to be sunk by a submarine in battle. - Charleston Harbor, Feburary, 1864 - Correct Responces: Bill Chisolm - Greg Seminoff - Links to More information - "USS Housatonic - US Navy Ships" "Friends of the Hunley" "CSS H. L. Hunley ~ Wikipedia" |
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