USS Holland AS-32 Association

USS Holland AS-32 Association
The Official Homeport for Crewmembers of the
World Greatest Tender in the U.S. Navy

Awards, Citations, and Campaign Ribbons
Meritorious Unit Citation (4), Battle Efficiency "E"(10), National Defense, Humanitarian Service (2)

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Holy Loch, Scotland

Apra Harbor, Guam

Welcome Aboard
The USS Holland AS-32 Association Welcomes you to our website honoring
the third ship of the United State Navy to bear the name of the Father of the
Modern Submarine:

John Philip Holland

John Philip Holland (Irish: Seán Pilib Ó Maolchalann) (29 February, 1840 – 2 August, 1914) was an engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the U.S. Navy (though not the first American submarine, see American Civil War submarines, and the earlier Nautilus and Turtle) and the first ever Royal Navy submarine, the Holland 1.

USS Holland SS1	USS Holland SS1
The United State Submarine Service was born on April 11, 1900 when the Navy Department purchased John Holland's sixth submarine. The Holland VI was commissioned as USS Holland on October 12, 1900 and later given the designation SS-1

The beginning of an Era of Submarine Tenders: USS Holland AS-3 Commissioned in 1926

USS Holland AS-3	USS Holland AS-3

USS Holland (AS-3) was a submarine tender that served in World War II. The Holland was launched by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, on April 12, 1926. The USS Holland AS-3 was decommissioned on 21st of March, 1947. She was assigned to the San Diego, California group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet until her name was struck from the Navy Register on 18th of June 1952. Her hull was sold for scrapping on 3 October 1953 to the Bethlehem Steel Co.

USS Holland AS-32 Hammerhead Crane 1963 -1968	USS Holland AS-32 Crago / Missile Crane 1968 -1996

United States Marine Corp
USS Holland (AS-32) was conceived and built in the middle of the Cold War, serving the nation from her commissioning on September 7, 1963, in Charleston, South Carolina through her decommissioning on April 13, 1996, in Apra Harbor, Guam, a few years after the Cold War officially ended. During her thirty-three years of active duty, the USS Holland AS-32 serviced Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN) and Fast Attack Submarine (SSN) in both Atlantic and Pacific and ended her career as the only US navy Tender, submarine or surface, in WestPac (Western Pacific). She is currently laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun bay, Benicia, California waiting for final disposition .





We would be totally remiss if we did not recognize the contributions the United Sates Marine Corps Detachment made to Holland's security and success and encourage all Marines who served aboard the USS Holland to consider this site as your own--
U.S.S. Holland AS-32 Marine Detachment Photo Page Area

United States Marine Corp Celebrates it's Birthday onboard the USS Holland AS-32 at the after-mess decks while stationed in Rota, Spain 1965. photo provided by Peter Boeger
*Semper Fi.*
	He was born in Indiana and is a graduate of Long Beach State University. He was commissioned in 1983 as an infantry officer. Prior to his commissioning he completed a 4 year tour in the enlisted ranks, attaining the rank of Sergeant. As a Marine Corporal, he won the Navy European Middleweight Boxing Championship while stationed in Holy Loch, Scotland aboard the submarine tender, “USS Holland AS-32”.

LtCol Siebenthal


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