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Letters/Online Comments Port Commissioners Pass Emergency Resolution After Tsunami (JAN. 21-FEB. 4)
They got caught sleeping at the helm of the last tsunami that hit too. You’d think they would have paid a little more attention to this well-advertised warning. My bet is that they’ve been asking for new boats for years and are taking advantage of this “disaster.”
FAST FACTS
The State has NO jurisdiction beyond the 3-mile boundary. I look forward to them being put in check by the Feds.
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RE: Ventura Board of
Write to: The Log Editorial, P.O. Box 1337, Newport Beach, CA 92659 thelogeditor@thelog.com.
RE: Updates to the
Ammunition Pier Project (DEC. 24, 2021 -JAN. 6)
I eagerly anticipate the completion of this project. I have become a frequent user of the MWR RV Park here and will later enjoy the features of the bay. I want to fish here. Thanks
RE: Federal Judge
Advances Lawsuit Against California Gillnet Ban (FEB. 5 -FEB. 18)
On Board With Johnson
Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley, suspended from a crane during her recovery from Charleston Harbor, Aug. 8, 2000.
The H.L. Hunley By: JORDAN B. DARLING
by J.R. Johnson CHARLESTON, S.C.— On Feb.
17, 1864, the Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley sunk the USS Housatonic, a 16-gun, 1,240-ton sloop-of-war, while it was blockading the entrance to Charleston Harbor; the Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy warship during wartime, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command website. In 1863, Horace Lawson Hunley financially backed the construction of the Hunley for the Confederacy. The submarine was built by Park and Lyons in Mobile, Alabama, and was constructed from rolled iron boilerplates with custom cast iron fittings. The submarine was powered by a hand crank which took seven men to handle and an eighth man to steer the vessel.
The ends of the submarine were equipped with water ballast tanks that could be flooded by valves or pumped dry by hand pumps; many features of the submarine would become standard in later versions. The Hunley was launched in July 1863 for a demonstration in the Mobile River, sinking a coal-hauling barge anchored in the river. The submarine dove under the vessel and released a torpedo that hit its mark, impressing several high-ranking officials, including Admiral Franklin Buchanan, Mobile’s Naval Commandant, according to the Hunley website. The Hunley was then sent to Charleston, South Carolina on Aug. 12, 1863, to assist with the blockade of the harbor; on Aug. 29, 1863, the vessel sunk at the dock while preparing to launch its first attack. Five crew members were
killed in the first sinking, and it took weeks to recover the submarine. In this time, Hunley arrived and demanded control of the vessel. On Oct. 15, Hunley scheduled a demonstration where the ship would dive beneath the CSS Indian Chief and resurface. The vessel disappeared for several weeks before being discovered in the harbor channel with its nose buried in the mud; all on board were lost. After weeks of debate, the submarine was passed to Captain George Dixon and a volunteer crew who would spend the next two months preparing the vessel for another mission. On Feb. 17, the sea calmed just enough for the crew to embark on their last mission; at approximately 8:45 p.m., the submarine approached and sunk the Housatonic, according to the Hunley website. Please see FAST FACTS, PAGE 9
