USS Holland

The Holland

Launch of the USS Holland May 17,1897

USS Holland & Russian Battleship Retzvian

Submarine USS Holland
This picture is the USS Holland SS 1 and the Russian battleship
Retvizan entering the dry docks at the New York Navy Yard.
Retvizan was later sunk in the Russo-Japanese War.
The 8" dynamite gun in the bow of the Holland
was never fitted to any other sub. It proved useless.

USS Holland and Russian Battleship Retvizan in the New York Navy Yard Dry Dock

USS Holland in New York Navy Yard Dry Dock

USS Holland in the New York Navy Yard Dry Dock
The 8" dynamite gun muzzle door can be seen.

Holland in dry dock

Holland on acceptance trials.

Holland Line Plan from Sept 1967 issue of ALL HANDS magazine.

At the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, circa 1905, with several midshipmen on board.
Among the midshipmen are, as identified from names on their uniforms:
Naval Cadet Henry G.S. Wallace (entering conning tower);
Naval Cadet John W. Woodruff (behind Wallace);
Naval Cadet John. H. Blackburn (by the mast);
Naval Cadet William J. Moses (in front of the flag).
The officer standing by the conning tower is probably
Holland's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Harry H. Caldwell.
Note Holland's bell mounted on her foremast, commissioning pennant
flying from the top of her mainmast, outriggers fixed along her deck
edge, and the bow of the converted yacht Gloucester in the right background.

The Holland at Annapolis, Md

First US Navy Sub Crew

In the center of the picture is Lt. Harry H. Caldwell, Commanding Officer. Starting at the lower left of the picture and going clockwise are;
William H. Reader, Chief Gunner's mate;
Augustus Gumpert,Gunner's mate;
Harry Wahab, Gunner's mate First Class;
O. Swanson, Gunner's mate First Class;
Gunner,Owen Hill;
W. Hall, Electrician's mate Second Class;
Arthur Callahan, Gunner's mate Second Class;
Barnett Bowie, Chief Machinist's Mate.

First Submarine C.O.B. (Chief Of The Boat)
Photo taken at the same time as the one above.

In the center of the picture is William H. Reader, Chief Gunner's mate and first Submarine C.O.B.; Starting at the lower left of the picture and going clockwise are;
Barnett Bowie, Chief Machinist's Mate.
Augustus Gumpert, Gunner's mate;
Harry Wahab, Gunner's mate First Class;
O. Swanson, Gunner's mate First Class;
W. Hall, Electrician's mate Second Class;
Arthur Callahan, Gunner's mate Second Class;

Length	53' 9½"
Beam	10' 8½"
Disp. Sur.	64 tons
Disp. Sub.	74 tons
Test Depth	100'
Crew	7
Armament	1- 8" Dynamite gun 1-18" Torp Tube 3 Torpedoes

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