Civil War CSS Hunley: World's First Successful Combat Submarine

The Ocean City Free Public Library is pleased to host Guest Speaker Bill Jenkins from the Friends of the Hunley on Thursday May 10^th at 7:00pm. Jenkins presents a program about the world's first successful Combat Submarine. The confederate submarine Hunley attacked and sank the USS Housatonic off the coast of Charleston on February 17th, 1864. The Hunley then mysteriously vanished with her eight crew members. Jenkins will bring a model of the Hunley hull that spent over 130 years on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, South Carolina and will show the space that the crew worked in. The Hunley is considered one of the Confederacy's secret weapons. The talk will be held in the Library’s Lecture Room N110. Entry to the Room is located on the 17^th Street side of the library. Admission is free. Call 609-399-2434 ext.5231 www.oceancitylibrary.org