Housatonic
Americannoun
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New Zealander Annea Lockwood offered a 90-minute journey down the Housatonic River captured by loudspeakers in surround sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
The Civil War also made a little naval history when the Confederacy's Hunley became the first submarine to sink an opposing warship when it attacked the USS Housatonic in 1864.
From Salon ● May 14, 2022
The birders have reached Milford Point, a barrier beach at the mouth of the Housatonic River.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2021
Hunley, which sank in 1864 after attacking the Union ship Housatonic, was recovered off the South Carolina coast and returned to port.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2018
A century-and-a-half after it sunk the Housatonic and more than twenty years after the submarine was raised, it remains a mystery.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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