HOLLAND ARG 18

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Holland Class Submarine Tender Keel Laid 11 April 1921 - Launched 12 April 1926 USS HOLLAND AS-3 Commissioned 1 June 1926 USS HOLLAND ARG-18 Reclassified Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship (ARG) 30 August 1945 Decommissioned 21 March 1947 Struck from Naval Register 18 June 1952 Sold 3 October 1953 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Holland AS-3 / ARG-18 Covers Page 1    (1927-1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "TENDER FOR / SUBRON SIX"

1937-03-17

As AS-3. Commemorating the first submerged run of the USS HOLLAND March 17th 1897. Cachet sponsored by Capt. Frank T. Cable.

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / T H"

1940-10-27

As AS-3

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / PEARLHARBOR"

1935-07-17

As AS-3

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TTB)

1941-10-20

As AS-3

 

Locy Type 3b (A-XTX) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1946-04-24

As ARG-18

 

Locy Type 3s

1927-04-14

As AS-3

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1943-01-17

As AS-3. Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 5s

1931-07-13

As AS-3. Cover by Conrath Printery

 

Locy Type 7r

1936-09-22

As AS-3

 

Locy Type 7r

1937-03-17

As AS-3. Postmark is on the back of this cover.

 

Locy Type 7rz

1945-08-14

As AS-3. Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-73g

1932-10-09

As AS-3. Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-73h

1927-01-13

As AS-3. Official Business cut square

 

Locy Type 9x USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-73b

1941-07-14

As AS-3. On piece, sender was on USS Sailfish SS-192

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-73f

1942-04-04

As AS-3. Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type Faz (dial of H-73f)

1942-07-26

As AS-3. Censored WWII use

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Locy Type 3 "NEW YORK, N.Y. / SUBMARINE DIV BATTLE FLEET BR."

1928-01-25

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 "SUBMARINE DIV / BATTLE FLEET"

1928-01-25

Note:

 

Other Information

USS HOLLAND earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal w/ Fleet clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal w/ Asia clasp and the Philippines Defense Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - John Philip Holland, (24 February 1841 – 12 August 1914)
        Holland was born in Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1873. Initially working for an engineering firm, he returned to teaching again for a further six years in St. John's Catholic school in Paterson, New Jersey. In 1875, Holland submitted his submarine designs he had been working on for consideration by the US Navy, but was turned down as unworkable. Holland continued to improve his designs and worked on several experimental boats, prior to his successful efforts with a privately built type, launched on 17 May 1897. This was the first submarine having power to run submerged for any considerable distance, and the first to combine electric motors for submerged travel and gasoline engines for use on the surface. She was purchased by the US Navy, on 11 April 1900, after rigorous tests and was commissioned on 12 October 1900 as USS Holland. Seven more of her type were ordered with five built at the Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, NJ and two built at Union Iron Works in California. The company that emerged from under these developments was called The Electric Boat Company, founded on 7 February 1899. This company eventually evolved into the major defense contractor General Dynamics. After spending 56 of his 73 years working with submersibles, John Philip Holland died in Newark, NJ.

The ships sponsor was Miss Elizabeth Saunders Chase, daughter of Admiral J. V. Chase.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name HOLLAND in his honor - USS Holland SS-1. USS Holland ARG-18 and USS Holland AS-32

 

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