World’s First Ever Submarine Resurfaces After 150 Years – Mysterious Disappearance Finally Solved

An Underwater Accident

When the Housatonic sank the first ship to respond to its call for help was the USS Canandaigua. Some suggest that the Hunley and the Canandaigua may have crashed because of this. This would not affect the Canandaigua but it certainly would have sealed the Hunley’s fate.