&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Holland_SS-1.gif) USS Holland (SS-1) underway
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Plunger class |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | John Philip Holland |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | November 1896 |
| Launched | 17 May 1897 |
| Acquired | 11 April 1900 |
| Commissioned | 12 October 1900 |
| Decommissioned | 17 July 1905 |
| Stricken | 21 November 1910 |
| Fate | Sold 18 June 1913; on display in a park in Paterson, New Jersey until sold for scrap, 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Midget submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 53 ft 10 in (16.41 m) LOA |
| Beam | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) extreme |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
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| Range | |
| Test depth | 75 feet (23 m) |
| Complement | 6 |
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USS Holland (SS-1) was the United States Navy's first submarine, although not its first underwater watercraft, which was the 1775 submersible Turtle. The boat was originally laid down as Holland VI at the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth, New Jersey for John Philip Holland's Holland Torpedo Boat Company, and launched on 17 May 1897. She was acquired by the USN on 11 April 1900 and commissioned on 12 October 1900, Lieutenant H. H. Caldwell commanding.[1][2]
- ^ Friedman, p. 286
- ^ "Holland I (SS-1)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.