The Warren Lasch Conservation Center is a building located at 1250 Supply Street at the former Charleston Navy Yard, in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is being used to excavate, examine, and preserve the submarine H. L. Hunley. The name sake of this building is Warren F. Lasch, who was chairmen of Friends of the Hunley during the Hunley's recovery. The Hunley is housed in a specially designed tank of freshwater to await conservation.
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