USS Hatteras

Scientists Explore Civil War Wreck off Galveston
Scientists Explore Civil War Wreck off Galveston
Scientists Explore Civil War Wreck off Galveston
The Houston Chronicle reports the Union Navy's USS Hatteras was sent to the bottom on January 11, 1863, about 20 miles from Galveston. The Hatteras went down while the rest of the Union fleet bombarded the Confederate Garrison on Galveston Island.