Historical Marker
Great Notch
Historical marker location:
Great Notch, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Rifle Camp Road and Old Rifle Camp Road, on the right when traveling north on Rifle Camp Road.)
Marker installed: 1964
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.