The HL Hunley’s permanent home is near the USS DRUM, a WWII veteran with 12 battle stars, sitting alongside the walkway to the DRUM in order to further illustrate submarine technology. arranged a loan to the USS ALABAMA Battleship Commission for the move. The completed model has been on display at the Museum of Mobile since completion. Sometime during the late 1980’s, Mobile United commissioned an impressionistic model of the HL Hunley based on the best available data. The HL Hunley is now being restored and is located at the U.S. It lay in Charleston Harbor until it was raised in 2000. It sank under mysterious circumstances during the return trip back to port. It was then transferred to Charleston Harbor, and was the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel. The HL Hunley was designed, built, and tested in Mobile, Alabama over a number of years, early during the Civil War.

The HL Hunley had been located at 355 Government Street, the Bernstein-Bush house and the former location of the Museum of Mobile since the early 1990s.

The HL Hunley arrived at Battleship Memorial Park around 10:00 am and was quickly set up for display. On Wednesday, Decemthe replica of the HL Hunley was moved to its new permanent home, USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park. Replica of Submarine HL Hunley Moving to Battleship Memorial Park HUNLEY Replica Moves To USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park

Hunley submarine tin sign