Holland (AS 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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W V -2 Z A A Z Q A ' J Z CAPTAIN DOUGLAS N. SYVERSON, U.S.N. COMMANDER SUBMARINE SQUADRON SIXTEEN -i I