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Photo # NH 63089:  Firing the dynamite gun on the submarine Holland, spring 1898

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


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    Photo #: NH 63089

    Submarine Holland
    (later USS Holland)

    Firing her bow Zalinsky dynamite gun while docked at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in the spring of 1898. The projectile is visible in flight, in the photograph's upper right.

    Courtesy of Dr. R.K. Morris.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53464

    Torpedo loading device for Submarine Holland
    (later USS Holland)

    At the Atlantic Yacht Basin, Brooklyn, New York, in the late summer of 1898.
    A torpedo (or dummy torpedo) is partially visible at left. Frank Cable is at left in the group of men standing by the loading device.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 58147

    "Submarine Day" at the U.S. Naval Academy, 11 April 1947


    Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations, is greeted by a group of submarine officers on duty at the Naval Academy, and by two members of the original crew of USS Holland, the Navy's first submarine, which had been accepted for service 47 years previously.
    Those present in the front row are (from left to right):
    Mr. Harry Wahab, former Holland crewman;
    Mr. Richard O. Williams, former Holland crewman;
    Fleet Admiral Nimitz;
    Commander Frederick J. Harlfinger II, Commanding Officer of USS Sirago (SS-485); and
    Commander Eugene B. Fluckey, Aide to FAdm. Nimitz.
    Senator T.F. Green of Rhode Island is standing behind FAdm. Nimitz.

    Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 58148

    "Submarine Day" at the U.S. Naval Academy, 11 April 1947


    Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations, stands by a model of USS Holland, the Navy's first submarine, which had been accepted for service 47 years previously. Also present are two of Holland's original crewmen, Mr. Harry Wahab and Mr. Richard O. Williams.

    Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53472

    Chart of U.S. Navy submarine performance progress, 1900-1958


    Comparing the length, speed and submerged endurance of USS Holland (Submarine # 1), USS E-1 (ex-Skipjack, Submarine # 24), USS Skipjack (SS-184), USS Nautilus (SSN-571), USS Seawolf (SSN-575) and USS Skipjack (SSN-585).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 92KB; 600 x 715 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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