A new smaller propeller was installed, and fresh paint job and the torpedo tube was re-bored. In September 1898 the Holland was hauled out at the Atlantic Basin shipyard and extensive work was done. A new experimental propeller and modifications to her steering were made in this twenty-four hour period. Robbins and Company that operated at the foot of 50th Street. The Holland was dry docked at the Erie Basin yard of the John N. John Holland is the middle figure on the deck wearing his trademark bowler hat.Īfter her successful trials for the navy on April 20, 1898, Holland was towed to the Erie Basin in the south Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook. Holland crew members are topside to handle lines. The Holland waiting to be picked up by her tow, tug George P. The Navy was only mildly impressed but around the world other countries were taking notice and making offers to buy the submarine. Holland surfaces after her trial dive that lasted almost an hour in length and ran a looping course of several miles and making a longer dive than the Navy requirements. Roe and seen just before her hour long dive. The Holland cast loose from the tug George P. The second man from the left looks to be a Mr Matthews, an investor in the John P. Roe with the Holland along side heading out into Raritan Bay for diving trials of the submarine boat Holland. Officials and guests on the tug George P. The Holland with crew bringing lines from the tug George P. Roe approaching the submarine boat Holland for the tow to the diving area for trials before the Navy Board. Holland Torpedo Boat CompanyĪll there to whitness the first real trial run of the subamrine boat Holland VI on Raritan Bay before a Navy Board of Inspection. Morris, superintending engineer of the John P. Walter Thompson, superintendent of the Raritan Dry DockĬharles A. The muzzle door to the Dynamite gun is open. As a result of those first trials wooden fairings were added fore and aft of the conning tower to help the water flow around that object. Holland at dock side at Perth Amboy, New Jersey after her inital trials on March 17, 1898. She is seen here moored to docks in Perth Amboy, NJ for the press to see. The Holland shortly after her first trials was being written up in the newspapers giving her particulars as to her operation. The three foot long, fifty pound wood dummy-projectile, (circled), sailed 300 yards into the channel. The gun was aimed at Tottenville on Staten Island and the gun charged with only 600 pounds of compressed air instead of the 1000 pounds Holland had wanted and fired. Here the Holland tested her forward dynamite gun for the Navy. Nathan Sargent, on Sunday Main Staten Island Sound and then retired to the Raritan docks. Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico had not been admitted to the Union yet and Alaska and Hawaii were still 60 years away from admission.Īfter making her first dive on St Patrick's Day, March 17, 1898, the Holland made a dive for a Navy Departmant observer, Lt. She is flying a 45 star flag donated by Lewis Nixon. The Holland launch from the Lewis Nixon Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey amid much fanfare, bells ringing and ships whistles blowing and she slides into Arthur Kill waters. Matthews, a Holland Torpedo Boat investor. To the right in the group of workmen the man in the suit and hat with the wing collar look to be Mr. John Holland can be seen to the right of Mrs Nixon in his bowler hat and wing collar. The christening of the submarine boat Holland by Mrs Lewis Nixon at her husbands Crescent Shipyard. Workmen seem to be clearing construction debris from around the submarine and loading something down the conning tower hatch with the crane. This photo might be a day or two prior to the launch date of May 17, 1897. Holland being prepped for christening and launch. The reduction gears can be seen in this image and a large opening where hull plating is still to go is covered with a large canvas tarp. Interior of the Holland looking aft while under construction at the the Lewis Nixon Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey. The Navy's best are found upon The pigboats black and trim For men must be of sturdy stuff To sink and still to swim.
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