Horace Lawson Hunley
publication date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 (part of Spring 2013)
category: 
Inventions
clue: The Confederacy needed a strong navy to win the Civil War, but the ship created by this inventor failed to make a splash.
explanation: Hunley invented the submarine, but early models were prone to sinking. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, and Scott Horowitz
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