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Alligator Submarine Could Have Altered Civil War Naval Fate
Researchers revisit the Alligator, Brutus de Villeroi’s 47 foot iron plated submarine, and its diver lockout chamber. Its mission to disable Charleston area mines and cables was never realized as storms sank it before battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.L. Hunley
Charleston
U.S. Navy
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Mark Ragan
North
Ragan
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Office of Naval Research
Brutus de Villeroi
Naval
Vincennes
France
Appomattox River
Jim Christley
Connecticut
Samuel du Pont
Fort Sumter
du Pont
Hunley
Michiko Martin
National Marine Sanctuaries Division
NOAA
Department of Defense
Martin