Historical Marker
Uranium Ore
Historical marker location:
2188 Daniel Bray Highway, Raven Rock, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Daniel Bray Highway (New Jersey Route 29) and Quarry Road, on the right when traveling north on Daniel Bray Highway.)
Marker installed: 2010
The first recorded instance of a submarine attack on a ship occurred off the coast of New Jersey during the American Civil War. On February 17, 1864, the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley attacked and sank the Union ship USS Housatonic near Charleston, South Carolina, while on its way from New Jersey.