USS Holland (SS-1)

	USS Holland (SS-1) underway
Class overview
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Plunger class
History
United States
Name	Holland VI (1897–1900); Holland (1900–);
Namesake	John Philip Holland
Builder	Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey
Laid down	November 1896
Launched	17 May 1897
Acquired	11 April 1900
Commissioned	12 October 1900
Decommissioned	17 July 1905
Stricken	21 November 1910
Identification	Hull symbol: SS-1 (15 July 1920); Call sign: NHB; ;
Fate	Sold 18 June 1913; on display in a park in Paterson, New Jersey, until sold for scrap, 1932
General characteristics
Class & type	Holland-class submarine
Displacement	64 long tons (65 t) surfaced; 74 long tons (75 t) submerged;
Length	63 ft 10 in (19.46 m) LOA
Beam	10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) extreme
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	45 bhp (34 kW) surfaced ; 55 bhp (41 kW) submerged;
Propulsion	1 × Otto Gas Engine Works gas engine; 1 × Electro Dynamic electric motor; 66-cell battery; 1 × shaft;
Speed	6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced; 5.5 knots (10.2 km/h; 6.3 mph) submerged;
Range	200 nmi (370 km; 230 mi) at 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) surfaced; 30 nmi (56 km; 35 mi) at 5.5 kn (10.2 km/h; 6.3 mph) submerged;
Test depth	100 ft (30 m)
Complement	7
Armament	1 × 17.7 in (450 mm) "18-in" torpedo tube (3 torpedoes); 1 × 8 in (200 mm) dynamite gun;

USS Holland (SS-1) was the United States Navy's first submarine, although not its first underwater watercraft, which was the 1775 submersible Turtle.