Where do you live now? 415 Sandy hollow Rd Rimersburg PA What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? E-4 to E-6 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1976 to 1982 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Boat ops Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : Boat ops Comments: Had a terrific time while attached to USS Holland
Where do you live now? Virginia Beach Va What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? EN third class What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1962 1264 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Rota Spain Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? Yes A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : Engineering #2 engine room Comments: It was a great experience
Where do you live now? Indiana What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? DP3 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 83-84 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Weapons Statiin, Goose Creek, SC Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? Yes Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : S7 Comments: Thank you to all who created and maintained this website. I learned so much on this ship that has helped me throughout my life both professionally and personally.
Where do you live now? Petersburg, Va What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? MT3 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 81-83 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Holy Loch Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : W4 Handling Shop Comments: My time in Scotland is filled with incredible memories and friends
Where do you live now? Brookhaven NY What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? YN2 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 11-70 to 04-74 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Rota, Spain & Charleston, SC Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : Deck Yeoman, Captain’s Office Comments: Great time of my life, on a great ship, with a great crew, serving our great country!
Where do you live now? Groves Texas What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? SFP 2 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1969 to 1971 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Rota Spain Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? NO A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? NO Department / Division / Shop : Repair R 1 Pipe Shop Comments: I came to Rota after Duty in Vietnam USS Satyr Task Force 17 Mobile Riverine Force Mekong Delta Out of Dong tam It was certainly a change to have good tools and Material and good food
Where do you live now? Michigan What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? IM3 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1966-1969 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Charleston, Rota Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : R2/Instrument shop/metrology Comments: I was aboard from 1966-1969. Our overhaul began in late 1968 and lasted until March 1969, when we went for sea trials in Gitmo, Cuba. We then sailed to Rota, via Lisbon and Amsterdam. In the storm crossing the Atlantic, we rolled 47 degrees. All who were aboard will surely remember that. Good duty. Good technical job.
Where do you live now? Scottsburg, Indiana What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? MSSN. MS3 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? Jan. 1976 Dec. 1977 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Holy Loch, Scotland Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : Kitchen, Supply Comments: Great 2 years there. Meet a lot of good friends. Navy and Scottish.
Where do you live now? Cerro Gordo, NC What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? EN3 - EN1 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1980 - 1982 1987 - 1992 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Aft Engine Room, R-5, MAA, Third Div. Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? Yes Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : Eng/M Comments: Two tours on her. Took her from Holy Locke to Charleston and then from Chalston to Guam. Sure hate to her get decommed. Best ship I was ever on.
Where do you live now? South Carolina What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? SH2 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1991-1995 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Charleston- Guam Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? Yes Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : S3 Comments: Hope to hear from some folks that were on the ship while in Guam.
Where do you live now? Everett, Wa What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? DMSN What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1975 - 1977 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Holy Loch Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : RS Division / Print Shop Comments: I was last aboard as a shipyard worker in 1996 at the Bremerton dead fleet. All my presses were still in the same places.
Where do you live now? Iowa City, IA What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? BMSN What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? September 1975 - May 1977 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Charleston, SC and Holy Loch, Scotland Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? no A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? no Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? no Department / Division / Shop : Deck / 1st Div / First Lieutenant's Storeroom Comments: I signed up as a "2x6 Reserve" in my senior year of high school in 1975. I spent the summer at RTC Glakes. I was undesignated, so I had to spend an extra two weeks in 'Boot Camp Lite' on the Main Base. There, we learned a little about shipboard safety and saw scary movies about such dangers as a line parting - which can whip around and cut a man in half, and the infamous Forrestal Fire. At the end came 'Orders Day' when everyone in our unit heard where he would be going: That was when I learned the Navy had a ship named 'the USS Holland' berthed in Charleston, SC. Shortly after my arrival, I learned we would be sailing (steaming? dieseling?) to Scotland in 6 weeks to relieve the USS Canopus. The crossing took 12 days. We pulled into Holy Loch at dawn on Nov 6 (?) and were met a couple miles out by tug boats spraying great high plumes of water from their firehoses. As we got closer to the Canopus, we could see on the fantail there was a band of about a dozen pipers in full dress kit. It was a pretty cool welcoming party.
Where do you live now? Milan Ohio What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? ET3 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1980-1982 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Holy loch scotland and Charleston S.C. Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : Weapons / Navigation / Nav center SINS tech Comments: Served on tender in Scotland and crossed with tender to dry dock In Charleston S.C. worked on tender in dry dock for several months.
Where do you live now? Brewton AL. What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? ML2 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1975 thru 1978 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? R- 1 divison Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? no A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? no Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? no Department / Division / Shop : Repair R2 81A Comments: I was on the USS Holland then crossed to the Simon Lake. Spent a total of five years in Holy loch met my wife in Dunoon.
Where do you live now? Louisville, Kentucky What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? BM-3 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1982 - 1984 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Swapped from USS Hunley to USS Holland in Holy Loch, Scotland 1982 Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? Yes Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : Deck / 1st,2nd & 3rd, Rigging Comments: N/A
Where do you live now? Spokane, WA What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? ETC (ss/sw) What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? Oct. 1985 - Feb 1988 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Naval Weapons Station Goose Creek, SC Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? no A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? no Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? no Department / Division / Shop : W-5 Navigation Repair, W-6 Weapons QA Comments: My GQ station was on the Bridge as well as the sea & anchor detail as COW. The Holland was good for my career - made ETCS right after I left in 1988.
Where do you live now? Paducah ky What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? IC2 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1967- 1970 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? RadCon - Radiological Control Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : Radiological Control Comments: Served aboard Charleston, yard, shakedown Guantanamo Bay, R&R cruise to Amsterdam, Lisbon and Rota. Never will forget the Atlantic crossing when the ship was torn apart taking three hard list(32 degree). Couldn’t sleep in my bunk. We made hammocks and slept in RC facilities. Everything lashed down broke free. Still have dreams about it. The ship cavetated every twenty seconds when props came out of water. What a trip. My GQ station was on the bridge and waves were smacking the bridge. Never worked so hard, never played so hard and I’d do it again. We could write a book on those years.
Where do you live now? Rochester, NY What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? SN-PN2 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1969-1972 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? Rota, Spain Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? No A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? No Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? No Department / Division / Shop : Executive, Personnel Office Comments: I served in the Personnel Office, proper, and along with the Education Office under Chief Edward Such (who passed away about 2 years ago). My "hobby" and I made the Rota Base Newspaper and the European Armed Forces News (copies available). My second office was the Bacteriology Laboratory in the Medical Division where I worked as a Herpetologist on my off-hours. I continue to be well-known in Spain, and my biography (with photographs -- including one USN Official photo is soon to be published). Contact me anytime via e-mail.
Where do you live now? old bridge What Was your Rank/Rate On The Holland? e1 What Year (Timeline) where you on the Holland ? 1979-1982 What Duty Command Site was the Holland at ? refit site 1 Are you a USS Holland AS-32 Plank-Owner ? no A USS Holland AS-32 ShellBack ? no Where you part of the 1996 Decom Crew ? no Department / Division / Shop : 3rd division Comments: served in 3rd division was an actual barge between the as-32 holland and the drydock los alamos |
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