USS Holland (SS-1)

USS Holland (SS-1) underway
Class overview
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Plunger class
History
United States
Name	Holland VI (1897–1900) USS Holland (1900–)
Namesake	John Philip Holland
Builder	Crescent Shipyard Elizabeth, New Jersey
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	64 long tons (65 t) surfaced 74 long tons (75 t) submerged
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)
Installed power	45 bhp (34 kW) surfaced 75 bhp (56 kW) submerged
Propulsion	1 × gasoline engine, 1 × electric motor, 66-cell battery, 1 shaft
Speed	6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced 5.5 knots (10.2 km/h; 6.3 mph) submerged
Range	200 nmi (370 km; 230 mi) at 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced 30 nmi (56 km; 35 mi) at 5.5 kn (10.2 km/h; 6.3 mph) submerged
Test depth	75 feet (23 m)
Complement	6
Armament	1 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tube (3 torpedoes) 1 × 8.425-inch (214.0 mm) dynamite gun

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]