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USS Holland (AS-32)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Echo - Tango
 NAET
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (4) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (8) - National Defense Service Medal
Hunley Class Submarine Tender:
  • Laid down, 5 March 1962, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 19 January 1963
  • Commissioned USS Holland (AS-32), 30 September 1963, CAPT. Charles W. Styer, Jr. USN, in command
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1996
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 May 2000
  • Title transfer to MARAD, 12 May 2000 for disposal
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 12,852 t.(lt) 17,640 t.(fl)
    Length 599'
    Beam 83'
    Draft 23' 4"
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 1,190
    Armament two twin 40mm gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel electric, single shaft
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    Holland 176k
    Namesake

    John Philip Holland, the man who developed the first true submarine accepted by U.S. Navy (spending 57 of his 74 years working with submersibles), was born in Liscanor, County Clare, Ireland, on 29 February 1840. As a youth, he considered the use of the submarine to further the cause of Irish Independence. Holland came to the United States in 1873. In 1875 his first submarine designs were submitted for consideration by the U.S. Navy, but turned down as unworkable. Holland continued to improve his designs and worked on several experimental boats prior to his successful efforts with the privately built Holland launched in 1898. This was the first submarine having power to run submerged for any considerable distance. She was purchased by the Navy after rigorous tests, and six more of her type were ordered.
    US Navy photo # NH 2697, John Philip Holland (1841-1914)
    Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa the 1890s or the early 1900s.
    He was the inventor of the U.S. Navy's first successful submarine, USS Holland (Submarine Torpedo Boat # 1). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Holland 54k USS Holland (AS-32) underway, probably during her maiden voyage from Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS. to Naval Station Charleston S.C., circa October 1963.
    US Navy photo.    		 Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret
    Holland 38k USS Holland (AS-32) underway, probably during her maiden voyage from Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS. to Naval Station Charleston S.C., circa October 1963.
    US Navy photo.    		 .
    Holland 49k USS Holland (AS-32) moored at Naval Station Rota, Spain with a Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine alongside, circa 1 April 1964 to 4 November 1966. Jose A. Garcia USS Holland
    Holland 336k USS Holland (AS-32) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Jose A. Garcia USS Holland
    Holland 59k USS Holland (AS-32) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Jose A. Garcia USS Holland
    Holland 37k USS Holland (AS-32) underway during Fleet Week at New York in 1989.
    US Navy photo.    		 Jose A. Garcia USS Holland
    Holland 33k
    Holland 54k
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    For more photos and information about USS Holland, see;
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  • Commanding Officers
  • Suisun Reserve Fleet photos by Michael McDermott
    • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Holland AS-32 Association
    Submarine Tenders of the United States Navy
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