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Photo # NH 53455:  Midshipmen on board USS Holland, at the U.S. Naval Academy, circa 1901-1902

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USS Holland (Submarine # 1) --
On Board Views of People


This page features views of people on board the submarine Holland, both before and after her acquisition by the U.S. Navy.

For other images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Holland (Submarine Torpedo Boat # 1), 1900-1913.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 53454

    USS Holland
    (Submarine Torpedo Boat # 1)

    Submarine's officers and crew, June 1901. Those present are (left to right, in front):
    W. Reader;
    A. Gunther;
    Lieutenant Harry H. Caldwell, Commanding Officer;
    A. Callahan; and
    B. Bowie.
    (left to right, in back):
    H. Wahab;
    O. Swanson;
    Gunner Owen Hill (later the first Commanding Officer of USS Grayling, Submarine # 18); and
    W. Hall.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 134KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53455

    USS Holland
    (Submarine Torpedo Boat # 1)

    At the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, circa 1901-1902, 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); and
    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.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63092

    John Philip Holland
    (1841-1914)

    In the conning tower of the submarine Holland (later USS Holland), circa 1898-1899.

    Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, 1966.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 105KB; 565 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82899-KN (color)

    John Philip Holland (1841-1914)

    Fine screen color reproduction of an artwork, published circa 1975, depicting Holland in the conning tower of the submarine Holland.
    Drawings of the Revolutionary War submarine Turtle are also featured.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 565 x 765 pixels

     

    For other images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Holland (Submarine Torpedo Boat # 1), 1900-1913.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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