Editing H. L. Hunley (section)

== Attack on ''Housatonic'' ==
[[File:USSHousatonic.jpg|thumb|''USS Housatonic'']]
[[File:Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charleston LCCN2004660354.tif|right|thumb|Destruction of the USS Housatonic; sketch by war artist [[William Waud]].]]
{{main|Sinking of USS Housatonic}}
''Hunley'' made her only attack against an enemy target on the night of 17 February 1864. The target was United States Navy ship, [[USS Housatonic (1861)|USS ''Housatonic'']], a {{convert|1240|LT|MT|adj=on}}<ref name="autogenerated1" /> wooden-hulled steam-powered screw sloop-of-war with 12 large [[cannons]], which was stationed at the entrance to Charleston, about {{convert|5|mi|km|abbr=off}} offshore. ''Hunley'' happened to be on patrol around that area at the time.<ref name=":3" /> Helmed by Lieutenant George E. Dixon with a crew of seven and desperate to break the [[Blockade|naval blockade]] of the city, H. L. Hunley successfully attacked ''Housatonic'', ramming ''Hunley's'' only spar torpedo against the enemy's [[Hull (watercraft)|hull.]]<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Lance |first1=Rachel M. |author-link=Rachel Lance |last2=Stalcup |first2=Lucas |last3=Wojtylak |first3=Brad |last4=Bass |first4=Cameron R. |year=2017 |title=Air blast injuries killed the crew of the submarine H.L. Hunley |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=8 |pages=e0182244 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1282244L |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0182244 |pmc=5568114 |pmid=28832592 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The torpedo was detonated, sending ''Housatonic'' to the bottom in three minutes,<ref name=":3" /> along with five of her crewmen.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Bl1AAQAAMAAJ&dq=USS+Housatonic+lost+1864&pg=PA327 The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion Series I – Vol. 15, p. 328]</ref> ''Hunley'' and her crew went missing after the attack. They would not be found for over 100 years.