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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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