Historical Marker
Finlaw Building
Historical marker location:
199 East Broadway, Salem, New Jersey
( Marker is on East Broadway (New Jersey Route 49) just east of Market Street (New Jersey Route 45), on the right when traveling east.)
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.