Holland (AS 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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19lTZIllgg'N ffcg.FBAERi:-1'-ALJEIAIAIZAIZSTBEOCRLNA IEIBQIQMAQCA, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, ON JULY 3, I ESHANY. HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, ON JUNE 7, 1934. WHILE A MIDSHIPMAN HE PARTICIPATED IN ATHLETICS IBOXING, SOCCER, TRACK AND LACROSSEI, ESTABLISHED AND WAS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLUB, AND WAS A BATTALION SUB-COMMANDER. HE WAS GRADUATED AND COMMISSIONED ENSIGN ON JUNE 2, 1938 AND SUBSEQUENTLY ADVANCED TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN, TO DATE FROM JULY 1, 1956. FOLLOWING GRADUATION IN JUNE 1938, HE JOINED THE USS PHILADELPHIA AND SERVED IN THAT SHIP AS A JUNIOR OFFICER UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1940. HE THEN REPORT- ED TO THE SUBMARINE BASE AT NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT FOR INSTRUCTION IN SUBMARINES, AND IN DECEMBER, 1940, WAS DETACHED FOR DUTY IN THE SUBMARINE S-14. DURING THE EARLY PERIOD OF WORLD WAR II, HE REPORTED TO THE SUBMARINE SCAMP AND SERVED IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES INCLUDING EXECUTIVE OFFICER, UNTIL JULY 1944. FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN SCAMP, CAPTAIN BESHANY WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR MEDAL, A GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF A SECOND SILVER STAR MEDAL AND THE BRONZE STAR WITH COMBAT UPON RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES IN JULY 1944, CAPTAIN BESHANY WAS ORDERED TO THE SUBMARINE QUILLBACK AT PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 'FROM HER COMMISSIONING IN JANUARY 1945, THROUGHOUT THE REMAINING WAR PERIOD, HE SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL ASSAULT' AND OCCUPATION OF OKINAWA FROM MARCH TO JUNE 1945. IN AUGUST 1945, HE WAS AS- SIGNED AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF A PRIZE CREW, AND AS A MEMBER OF THE LAND- ING PARTY AT TOKYO BAY, JAPAN. HE TOOK PART IN THE LANDING AT YOKOSUKA ON AUGUST 28, 1945, AND WAS PRESENT FOR THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945. CAPTAIN BESHANY LATER PARTICIPATED IN THE COMMISSIONING OF THE U.S. SUBMARINE BASE, YOKOSUKA, HONSHU, AND HAD TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT AS COMMAND- ING OFFICER OF THE I-386.1 IN OCTOBER, 1945, HE WAS SELECTED TO COMMAND THE SUBMARINE BILLFISH, AND REMAINED HER COMMANDING OFFICER UNTIL JUNE, 1946. INSTRUCTION AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, ANNAPOLIS, AND THE SUBMARINE SCHOOL, NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, PRECEDED HIS COMMAND OF THE SUBMARINES BURRFISH AND AMBERJACK. HE THEN SERVED AS ENGINEER AND RE- PAIR OFFICER OF THE SUBMARINE BASE, NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT UNTIL JULY 1954, WHEN HE WAS ORDERED AS THE PROSPECTIVE COMMANDING OFFICER INSTRUCTOR ON THE STAFF OF THE SUBMARINE SCHOOL, NEW LONDON. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, CAPTAIN BESHANY RETURNED TO SEA AND SERVED AS COM- MANDER OF SUBMARINE DIVISION 101. FROM AUGUST 1955, TO SEPTEMBER- 1957, HE BE- CAME A MEMBER OF THE STAFF OF THE COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE,-U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET, WHERE HE SERVED AS TACTICAL AND TRAINING OFFICER. CAPTAIN BESHANY WAS THEN ORDERED TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SERVED AS HEAD OF THE PLANNING AND CO- ORDINATING SECTION, SURFACE TYPE WARFARE DIVISION, UNTIL AUGUST, 1959. HE ATTENDED THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. UNTIL JUNE, 1960, AND THEN COMMANDED THE FLEET OILER SALAMONIE. IN SEPTEMBER, 1961 CAPTAIN BESHANY RETURNED TO SUBMARINES AND ASSUMED COM- MAND OF SUBMARINE SQUADRON FOUR, BASED AT CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. IN AUGUST, 1962, HE BECAME CHIEF OF STAFF AND AIDE TO THE DEPUTY COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S.ATLANTIC FL.EET.HE SERVED IN THAT POST UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 1963, WHEN HE WAS SELECTED TO COMMAND FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE SOUADRON SIxTEEN. HE ASSUMED THAT COMMAND AT CEREMONIES IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON 28 OCTOBER 1963. CAPTAIN BESHANY WAS SELECTED AND PROMOTED TO REAR ADMIRAL EFFECTIVE 8 AU GUST 1964.

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THE USS HOLLAND IAS-321 IS THE NAVY'S THIRD SHIP TO BE NAMED AFTER THE FAMOUS SUB- MARINE INVENTOR, JOHN P. HOLLAND. FOLLOWING THE NAVY'S FIRST SUBMARINE HOLLAND, AND ITS SUCCESSOR TO THE NAME, THE AS-32, THE PRESENT DAY HOLLAND HAS THE BENEFIT OF 67 YEARS OF SUBMARINE EXPERIENCE AS HER HERITAGE. DESIGNED FROM THE KEEL UP AS A NEW TYPE SUBMARINE TENDER, THE AS-32 IS ONE OF THE NAVY'S MORE COMPLEX SURFACE SHIPS, PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SUPPORT FOR THE POLARIS SUBMARINES IN OVERSEAS BASES. THE AS-32 HULL WAS LAID ON 5 MARCH, 1962 AT THE INGALL'S SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION, IN PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI. THE AS-32 OR INGALL'S HULL NO. 1095, AS SHE WAS KNOWN BY THE MEN WHO BUILT HER, RECEIVED HER NAME IN JULY, 1962, WHEN THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS OFFICIALLY NAMED HER THE HOLLAND. . ON 19 JANUARY, 1963, MRS. JOHN C. STENNIS, WIFE OF U.S. SENATOR STENNIS OF MISSISSIPPI, CHRISTENED THE HOLLAND, AND THE HEAVIEST SHIP EVER LAUNCHED ON THE GULF COAST, SLID DOWN THE WAYS TO UNDERGO HER FINAL ASSEMBLY. IN MAY, 1963, MOST OF THE MEN THAT WOULD MAKE UP THE HOLLAND'S COMMISSIONING CREW, MADE THEIR WAY TO PASCAGOULA, OR NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, AND COMMENCED TRAINING THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO RUN THE NEW SHIP. THE NUCLEUS CREW IN PASCAGOULA BECAME FAMILIAR WITH THEIR FUTURE HOME AND HELPED PUT HOLLAND THROUGH INITIAL SEA TRIALS IN THE .GULF OF MEXICO IN EARLY AUGUST 1963. THE COMMISSIONING DETAIL IN NORFOLK AT- TENDED MANY CLASSES TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH HOLLAND, AND THEIR DUTIES ON BOARD. THE INGALL'S SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION DELIVERED THE HOLLAND TO THE COMMAN- DANT, 6TH NAVAL DISTRICT, AT CHARLESTON, S.C. ON I SEPTEMBER 1963. ON 7 SEPTEMBER, 1963, THE HOLLAND DRESSED IN HER FINEST BUNTING, WAS COMMISSIONED WHEN RADM DASPIT, READ THE ORDERS WHICH OFFICIALLY CHANGED HULL NO. 1095'INTO A SHIP OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. NOW BEGAN A FRANTIC PERIOD TO LEARN THE SHIP, PRACTICE THE DRILLS, TEST THE EQUIP- MENT, AND AT ALL TIMES,LOOK FOR WAYS OF BETTERING THE SHIP.THIS PERIOD BROUGHT FORTH MANY CHANGES WITHIN HOLLAND, AS THE MEN DISCOVERED WAYS TO BETTER UTIL.IzE THE EQUIP- MENT AND SPACES THROUGHOUT HOLLAND'S' INTERIOR. THOSE MODIFICATIONS WHICH WERE TOO TIME CONSUMING FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT BY MEN ABOARD WERE TURNED OVER TO THE CHARLESTON NAVAL SHIPYARD FOR COMPLETION. IN OCTOBER, HOLLAND PASSED UNDER THE COOPER RIVER BRIDGE AND SET COURSE FOR GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, AND A MONTH'S TRAINING AT SEA. THIS PERIOD CAN BEST BE DE- SCRIBED AS 'THE ONE THAT KNITTED THE MEN INTO A CREW. IT WAS DURING THIS PERIOD THAT THE MEN REALIZED THEY WERE ALL PART OF ONE SHIP AND THEY DEVELOPED THE PRIDE IN THEIR SHIP, THAT IS NECESSARY TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN HIGH MORALE. UPON RETURN TO THE CHARLESTON NAVAL SHIPYARD IN NOVEMBER, THE MEN SET TO WORK TO READY HOLLAND FOR HER FUTURE DEPLOYMENT AS A PART OF THE NAVY'S POLARIS MISSILE SYSTEM. MANY WEEKENDS WERE SPENT IN ACCOMPLISHING THE MANY ALTERATIONS THAT WERE DEEMED NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH HOLLAND'S MISSION. THE MEN ALSO FOUND TIME TO PLAN FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THEIR FAMILIES OVERSEAS, A LARGE TASK INDEED. ON 21 MARCH, WITH ALL WORK COMPLETED, HOLLAND DEPARTED CHARLESTON, S.C., ENROUTE ROTA, SPAIN TO RELIEVE THE PROTEUS IAS-19I AS THE NAVY'S SECOND POLARIS REPLENISHMENT SITE. ON 3 APRIL, HOLLAND RELIEVED PROTEUS, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, RECEIVED HER FIRST FBM SUBMARINE ALONGSIDE FOR UPKEEP. ' THIS.BOOK IS AN ATTEMPT TO COVER HOLLANDPS FIRST YEAR IN COMMISSION AND PICTURES THE MEN WHO CHANGED A MASS OF METAL AND MACHINERY INTO AN EFFICIENT, CAPABLE SUB- MARINE TENDER WHICH HAS PROVEN HER WORTH TO THE NAVY'S POLARIS MISSILE SYSTEM. 1