Historical Marker
The Mayors Park
Historical marker location:
Boonton, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Old Boonton Road and Lathrop Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Old Boonton Road.)
Marker installed: 1967
Time Capsule.
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.