Holland (AS 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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