Glad to see the USS Holland Website back...............

good people; good times; good work.  Where is HT2 sligh?

I am glad i was able to be part of something so special.

I helped take her Guam and was the 1992 Sailor of the Year while on Guam transferred off in 1993.

Good times.  Followed the band Wild wood around and had a great time with them boy's. Got to play rugby, Got married in Danoon and we are still married today. I have been back  to holy loch twice the last time in 2009 some things changed but not much. No more ship in the loch looked funny. the pier is still there but locked up. I heard they may tow the old girl to Texas to be cut up. Since I'm in Texas I will have to go see her for the last time. If anyone knows when that will be please E-Mail me.

Had a great time in Scotland. Lots of TC jobs kept us very busy. Wonderful country to visit and would love to return with the wife someday. I got off while in Diego on the E5 early out program. Loved working on the boats up in the sail. Wouldn't trade it for any other life experience.

Made a lot of friends and a few enemies from the Holland. Drop me a line if you remember me and see which you were

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hey if anyone was aboard at this time like to hear from you

Spent 11 months in Scotland.  I remember hearing "we are working TC (Til Complete) alot. We busted our asses getting the subs an operating BRA-8 buoy.

Damn ship about turned me into an alcoholic. Long days and longer nites. It sure made my decision to get out easy. Did have some great times with Phil, Rodney and crew.

Never forgot the trip from Charleston, S.C. to Amsterdam, Holland in 1968, when we weathered a hurricane that produced waves that rolled the ship close to it's maximum. The captain had his hand on the crane detonenator ready to blow it if we took a 45 degree roll. We took 3 successive rolls at 44 degrees. The captains personal  sailboat was lashed to the deck on the starboard side just below the crane. If he blew the crane, he would have lost his boat too. I started my assignment in the 38 shop. I went to A/C & R school in Norfolk, VA, I was an EN2 later assigned to the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Shop located starboard side of the machine shop. I remember two men who lost their legs to parting lines in Rota, Spain. I was personally involved in helping to apply a tourniqet to the deck hand who lost his leg to a parting houser at the stern when the XO gave the engine command "ahead" before the lines were cleared from the pier ballards. The other incident was at the bow during an anchor deployment when the anchor was dropped.