Pioneer (submarine)
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 The Confederate submarine Pioneer drawn by Ensign David M. Stauffer of the Mississippi Squadron, 1865
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| History | |
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 Confederate States of America | |
| Name | Pioneer |
| Builder | Horace Lawson Hunley, James McClintock, and Baxter Watson |
| Laid down | 1861 |
| Launched | 1862 |
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| General characteristics | |
Pioneer was the first of three submarines privately developed and paid for by Horace Lawson Hunley, James McClintock, and Baxter Watson.
While the
The scuttled Pioneer was raised and examined by Union troops.
The Bayou St. John submarine, now in the collection of the Louisiana State Museum, was for decades misidentified as Pioneer. The Bayou St. John submarine and Pioneer may have undergone trials at about the same time and confusion between the two may date back to contemporary accounts; it is not clear which of the two was constructed first.
A life-size model of Pioneer can be viewed and explored at Maritime Museum Louisiana,[7] in Madisonville, Louisiana.
References
- ^ Protasio, John (10 June 2021). "Evolution of the Submarine". warfarehistorynetwork.com. Military Heritage. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Bonnette, Roy. "Technology and Practice in a Historical Context: Building the Civil War Submarine Pioneer". www.iastatedigitalpress.com. National Association of Industrial Technology. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- JSTOR 4245946. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Protasio, John (10 June 2021). "Evolution of the Submarine". warfarehistorynetwork.com. Military Heritage. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ usnlp.org Navy Chronology of the Civil War, January–June 1862
- ^ Best of New Orleans website
- ^ Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum
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