NEON DEON
05-24-08, 01:36 PM
Some people say this sub pre dates the Hunley but know one seems to know who built it.
http://www.ussvi.org/mem/mstrysub.htm
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/c-222.jpg
and a drawing of the mystery sub.
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/LSM_Sub1.jpg
The sub shows some similarities in shape to the The Iron Clad Ram CSS Manassas that took part in the battle for the mouth of the Mississippi River in April of 1862 one month after the famous battle of Hampton Rhodes VA.
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/Manassas1.jpg
The best evidence to the origin of the boat but not conclusive:
"Perhaps the most telling document, however, is another letter, also uncovered by Mark Ragan. In June 1861, months before work began on the Pioneer, a New Yorker named E. P. Doer traveled to New Orleans. During his visit, Doer learned from a woman schoolteacher that a submersible to be used against the Mississippi Squadron blockading the river was being constructed. He reported his findings to the Navy in Washington: She tells me that the rebels in New Orleans are constructing an infernal vessel to destroy the Brooklyn, or any vessel blockading the mouth of the Mississippi; from her description, she is to be used as a projectile with a sharp iron or steel pointed prow to perforate the bottom of the vessel and then explode. Says that it is being constructed by competent engineers. I put implicit reliance in the correctness of this information.
If this letter refers to the Museum’s submarine, it would make it the earliest known Civil War-era submersible."
Link to Lousina museum with the entire gallery:
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/sub_clues.htm
This is how I remember the sub from when I lived In New Orleans.
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/T601.1967a.jpg
Who made her and where are the blue prints?
http://www.ussvi.org/mem/mstrysub.htm
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/c-222.jpg
and a drawing of the mystery sub.
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/LSM_Sub1.jpg
The sub shows some similarities in shape to the The Iron Clad Ram CSS Manassas that took part in the battle for the mouth of the Mississippi River in April of 1862 one month after the famous battle of Hampton Rhodes VA.
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/Manassas1.jpg
The best evidence to the origin of the boat but not conclusive:
"Perhaps the most telling document, however, is another letter, also uncovered by Mark Ragan. In June 1861, months before work began on the Pioneer, a New Yorker named E. P. Doer traveled to New Orleans. During his visit, Doer learned from a woman schoolteacher that a submersible to be used against the Mississippi Squadron blockading the river was being constructed. He reported his findings to the Navy in Washington: She tells me that the rebels in New Orleans are constructing an infernal vessel to destroy the Brooklyn, or any vessel blockading the mouth of the Mississippi; from her description, she is to be used as a projectile with a sharp iron or steel pointed prow to perforate the bottom of the vessel and then explode. Says that it is being constructed by competent engineers. I put implicit reliance in the correctness of this information.
If this letter refers to the Museum’s submarine, it would make it the earliest known Civil War-era submersible."
Link to Lousina museum with the entire gallery:
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/sub_clues.htm
This is how I remember the sub from when I lived In New Orleans.
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/submarine/T601.1967a.jpg
Who made her and where are the blue prints?