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Monday, January 28, 2013  Scientists say the submarine that was the first in history to sink an enemy warship was much closer than thought to a Union ship it sank in 1864.

Thursday, January 12, 2012  The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley will be in clear view for the first time in almost 150 years once a truss weighing more than eight tons surrounding it is removed.

Friday, June 24, 2011  The delicate job of righting the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley in South Carolina is nearing completion following some delays.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  The work of rotating the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is taking longer than expected.  Officials say the sub has been rotated about 30 degrees but the job won't be complete until Friday. A laser monitoring system had to be readjusted Thursday and the sub's bow started to dip, so workers had to level it again.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011  Scientists are starting the delicate chore of righting the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011  The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley has been raised slightly from a tank of water in preparation for it to be rotated.  Workers at a conservation lab in North Charleston raised submarine 3 feet out of its conservation tank on Wednesday. That will allow supports to be placed beneath the vessel so it can be rotated upright by the end of next week.

Monday, June 13, 2011  Preservationists are starting their work to turn the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley upright and perhaps discover why it sank off Charleston in 1864.

Monday, March 21, 2011  The first submarine to sink an enemy warship was pulled from the Atlantic Ocean off Sullivans Island in 2000 and officials have been working to preserve it. The sub has been in a cradle on its side since it was recovered.

Friday, August 06, 2010  Ten years after the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was raised off the South Carolina coast, just why it sank remains shrouded in mystery.

Friday, February 19, 2010  A South Carolina memorial is being held to mark the 146th anniversary of the sinking of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub ever to sink an enemy warship.

Thursday, December 18, 2008  A former Clemson University official suing the school over losing his job says the college's participation in the restoration of a Confederate submarine is a wasteful project.