Holland (AS 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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?? CAPTAIN CHARLES W STYER JR LJ S N FIRST COMMANDING OFFICER Ei? T '59,,k 4 F A

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM M. PUGH, II, WAS BORN IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE ON 17 MARCH 1920. HE ATTENDED DUKE UNIVERSITY PRIOR TO ENTERING THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND IN JULY OF 1938. HE WAS GRADUATED IN DECEM- BER OF 1941 AND AFTER A SHORT TOUR OF SERVICE ABOARD THE USS MISSISSIPPI AND USS R-4, HE ENTERED THE SUBMARINE SCHOOL AT NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. UPON GRADUATION IN SEPTEMBER OF 1942, HE REPORTED FOR DUTY ABOARD THE USS PUFFER ISS-2681 WHERE HE WAS TO SPEND ALMOST THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE WAR. IT WAS DURING THIS TOUR THAT HE COMPLETED A TOTAL OF SEVEN SUCCESSFUL WAR PATROLS AND WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR MEDAL WITH ONE GOLD STAR, THE NAVY UNIT CITATION, AND'THE SUBMARINE COMBAT INSIGNIA WITH FIVE STARS. FOLLOWING PUFFER, HE REPORTED ABOARD THE USS TUSK ISS-4261 IN JULY OF 1945 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL JUNE OF 1948. HE THEN ATTEND- ED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL POST GRADUATE SCHOOL AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND FOR ONE YEARS FOLLOWED BY ENTRANCE INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN PETROLEUM ENGINEERING IN JUNE OF 1951. IN JULY OF THE SAME YEAR HE REPORTED ABOARD THE USS SENNET ISS-4081 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR ONE YEAR, FOLLOWED BY TWO YEARS AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS MEDREGAL ISS-4801. HE THEN SERVED ON THE STAFF, COMMANDER IN CHIEF NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN AS OFFICER IN CHARGE OF JOINT AREA PETROLEUM OFFICE, UNTIL JULY OF 1957 WHEN HE WENT TO THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE. RETURNING TO THE SUBMARINE FORCE AFTER DUTY UNDER INSTRUCTION AT THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE IN JUNE OF 1958, HE JOINED THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SUB- MARINE SQUADRON EIGHT AND COMMANDER SUBMARINE REFIT AND TRAINING GROUP, NEW LONDON, AS CHIEF STAFF OFFICER AND OPERATIONS OFFICER. IN JULY OF 1959 HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF SUBMARINE DIVISION EIGHTY ONE AND SERVED UNTIL LATE IN 1960. A SHORT TOUR AS COMMANDER NEW LONDON TEST AND EVALUATION DETACH- MENT WAS FOLLOWED BY ASSIGNMENT TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SUBMARINE SQUADRON FOURTEEN AS 'CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, NEW LONDON REPRESENTATIVE. IT WAS DURING THIS ASSIGNMENT THAT HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN. SINCE .JUNE OF 1963 CAPTAIN PUGH HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE STAFF OF DEPUTY COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET, AS ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF -FOR FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE MATTERS. IT WAS FROM THIS ASSIGN- MENT THAT HE WAS ORDERED TO THE USS HOLLAND, ASSUMING COMMAND ON 8 AUGUST 1964.

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CAPTAIN CHARLES W. STYER, JR., WAS BORN IN ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ON 20 MAY 1919. HE STARTED HIS CAREER WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE ON 23 JUNE 1936. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY ABOARD THE USS CUTTLEFISH ISS-1711, HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, IN JUNE 1937. WHEN WAR BROKE OUT, THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM AT THE NAVAL ACAD- EMY WAS ACCELERATED AND HE WAS GRADUATED IN FEBRUARY OF 1941. HE THEN SERVED ABOARD THE USS ROWAN IDD-4051 AND THE USS MATACORDA IAVP-221. HE ENTERED SUBMARINE SCHOOL IN JUNE OF 1942 AND UPON GRADUATION HE REPORT- ED TO THE USS FLYING FISH ISS-2291. DURING THIS TOUR, HE COMPLETED FOUR SUC- CESSFUL WAR PATROLS, FOR WHICH HE WAS AWARDED THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY COMMENDATION RIBBON, THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, THE SUBMARINE COMBAT INSIGNIA, AND COMTASKFOR FORTY-TWO LETTER OF COMMENDATION. IN MARCH OF 1943 HE BECAME QUALIFIED IN SUBMARINES, AND IN OCTOBER OF THE SAME YEAR HE WAS ORDERED TO REPORT AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE USS TILEFISH ISS-3071. DURING FIVE MORE SUCCESSFUL WAR PATROLS HE WAS AWARDED TWO SILVER STAR MEDALS, TWO BRONZE STAR MEDALS, AND THE SUBMARINE COMBAT INSIGNIA. IN JULY OF 1945, HE WAS GIVEN COMMAND OF THE USS MACKEREL ISS-2041. , IN THE LATTER PART OF 1945, HE BECAME A MEMBER OF STAFF OF COMMANDER NEW LONDON GROUP, 16TH FLEET. IN JUNE 1947, HE GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D.C. HIS NEXT DUTY WAS WITH THE OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, D.C., AFTER WHICH HE BECAME ASSISTANT NAVAL ATTACHE AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN PARIS, FRANCE. IN 1950, HE REPORTED ABOARD THE USS RAZORBACK ISS-394I AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FOLLOW- ED BY TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS IN COMMAND OF THE USS CUTLASSISS-478I.HE SERVED FROM 1953 TO 1956 AS ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES OFFICER IN THE FLEET OPERATIONS DIVISION OF THE STAFF OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET. IN 1956, HE REPORTED TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SUBMARINE SQUADRON THREE IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AS OPERATIONS OFFICER. AFTER A YEAR IN SAN DIEGO, HE REPORTED FOR DUTY AS COMMANDER SUBMARINE DIVISION SIXTY THREE, THE ATLANTIC FLEET REGULUS GUIDED MISSILE DIVISI'ON. IN JUNE OF 1958 HE REPORTED TO THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, AS HEAD, SURFACE TO SURFACE BRANCH, GUIDED MISSILE DIVISION. IN SEPTEMBER 1959, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO SPACE AND ASTRONAUTICS DUTIES IN THE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WHEREAHE WAS STAFF ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR, POLICY AND' PLANNING DIVISION? DURING THIS ASSIGNMENT, HE WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN. HE SERVED AS CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, SUBMARINE SOUADRON FOURTEEN, THE FIRST POLARIS MISSILE SQUADRON OF THE U.S. NAVY,DURING 1960-61.DURING THIS PERIOD THE FIRST POLARIS MISSILES WERE LAUNCH- ED SUBMERGED BY THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON ISSBN-5981, THE FIRST POLARIS TENDER WAS DEPLOYED TO HOLY LOCH, SCOTLAND TO TEND POLARIS SUBMARINES, AND THE FIRST FEW POLARIS SUBMARINES WERE DEPLOYED, TO THEIR DETERRENT PATROLS. IN APRIL 1961, HE WAS ASSIGNED AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE MATTERS TO DEPUTY COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, UNITED STATES AT- LANTIC FLEET. FROM THIS LATTER ASSIGNMENT, HE WAS ORDERED AS THE PROSPEC- TIVE COMMANDING OFFIC'ER OF THE USS HOLLAND IAS-321 DURING THE BUILDING PERIOD OF THAT SHIP IN 1963. CAPTAIN STYER BECAME THE FIRST COMMANDING OF- FICER OF USS HOLLAND IAS-32I ON 7 SEPTEMBER 1963 WHEN THE HOLLAND WAS COM- MISSIONED. ON 8 AUGUST 1964, CAPTAIN STYER WAS RELIEVED OF COMMAND OF HOLLAND BY CAPTAIN PUGH. CAPTAIN STYER THEN PROCEEDED TO NEW LONDON, CONN., WHERE HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF SUBMARINE SQUADRON TEN.