HOLLAND (AS-32)
Year Built
1963
Official Number
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Shipyard
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
General Type
Naval Auxiliary
Specific Type
AS Submarine Tender
MARAD Type
Military
Ship Length
598.90 feet
Beam
82.98 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
--
Gross Tons
--
Cargo Capacity
--
Draft, Summer
28.00 tons
Draft, Lightweight
27.00 tons
Displacement, Summer
19746.00 tons
Displacement, Lightweight
13476.00 tons
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sold - Scrap
Historical Narrative
USS (AS-32) was the second ship of the two-ship -class submarine tenders. It was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and commissioned on September 7, 1963. enjoyed a long and varied career servicing Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN) and Fast Attack Submarines (SSN) at all of the major submarine bases in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. The vessel was also forward deployed to the Indian Ocean at Diego Garcia in 1983. was present in Charleston, South Carolina during Hurricane Hugo and assisted in the massive clean-up following that storm, for which the ship and crew received a Humanitarian Service Medal. ’s last deployment was to Guam from 1992 to 1996. was relieved by the USS (AS-40), and transited to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington where it was was sold for dismantlement and departed the fleet on July 10, 2013.USS is named for John Philip Holland, the man who developed the first true submarine accepted by U.S. Navy.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
Historical Documents
| Name | Download |
|---|---|
| HOLLAND (AS-32) Booklet of General Plans.pdf |
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Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
|---|---|---|
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Delivered
| 8/30/1963 | Delivered to US Navy by Ingalls Shipbuilding |
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Commissioned
| 9/7/1963 | Commissioned by US Navy. |
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Entry
| 5/26/2000 | Entered Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet under reimbursable custody agreement. |
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Acquisition
| 2/24/2001 | Title for disposal. |
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Decommissioned
| 9/30/2006 | Decommissioned by US Navy |
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NHPA Cleared for Disposal
| 2/23/2007 | Vessel cleared NHPA processing on February 23rd. |
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Withdrawal
| 7/10/2013 | Departed Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet after sale for dismantlement. |
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Withdrawal
| 7/10/2013 | Departed under domestic sale contract. |
Ship Imagery
Status Cards
No status cards for this vessel
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/5/2016 | Historical | HOLLAND (AS-32) Booklet of General Plans.pdf |
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
No ship wreck information for this vessel
