Since I'm starting this blog by sharing the stories Clive Cussler tells in his two books, The Sea Hunters and The Sea Hunters II, I thought I'd share the list Cussler made and published in his first book. Eventually, all the stories of those ships, and much more will be told here at Volcano Seven.
CSS Hunley - 1st sub in history to sink a warship
USS Housatoniv - First warship to be sunk by a submarine
USS Cumberland - first warship to be defeated and sunk by an ironclad
CSS Florida - scuttled near Newport News, VA
Sultana - side-paddle-wheel steamboat, 1865
Invincible - first flagship of the REpublic of Texas
Zavala - thought to be the first armed steamship in North America
Lexington - side paddle steamboat, sunk in 1840
USS Akron - US Navy rigid airship (dirigible) 1933
USS Carondelet - Union Navy ironclad. Sank in the Ohio River in 1873
USS Weehawken - Sank in a storm outside Charleston, South Carolina in 1864.
USS Patapsco - Struck a Confederate mine and sank in the channel off Fort Moultrie in 1865.
USS Keokuk - A citadel ironclade (two non-revolving turrets). Sank off Charleston in 1863.
CSS Arkansas - Burned by her crew off Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1862
CSS Manassas - Burned and sank in the Mississippi River during the Battle of New Orleand, in 1862
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