The next time you take the Ft. Morgan ferry, please keep in mind that somewhere on the bottom of the bay between Dauphin Island and the Ft. Morgan Peninsula rests the prototype for the first successful combat submarine in all human history, AMERICAN DIVER. The life the man who designed and supervised the construction of that submarine along with the HUNLEY in a machine shop which still stands on Water Street, Mobilian James McClintock, is one of the most amazing stories of all the extraordinary tales associated with the mouth of the bay over the past three centuries. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazing-if-true-story-submarine-mechanic-who-blew-himself-then-surfaced-secret-agent-queen-victoria-180951905/?no-ist

James McClintock, engineer and designer of AMERICAN DIVER
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazing-if-true-story-submarine-mechanic-who-blew-himself-then-surfaced-secret-agent-queen-victoria-180951905/?no-ist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Diver

MASONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUNLEY
http://www.knightstemplar.org/KnightTemplar/articles/20141127.htm

AMERICAN DIVER
http://www.hunley.org/main_index.asp?CONTENT=DIVER

HISTORY OF THE HUNLEY
http://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/h-l-hunley/the-h-l-hunley-in-historical-context.html