John Philip Holland
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John Philip Holland was an Irish-American marine engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, USS Holland and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1.
Portrait of John Philip Holland
Holland stands in the hatch of a submarine
USS Holland (SS-1)
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USS Holland was the United States Navy's first submarine, although not its first underwater watercraft, which was the 1775 submersible Turtle.
John Philip Holland
…February 24, 1841 – August 12, 1914) was an Irish-American marine engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, USS Holland (SS-1) and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1. Holland, the second of four siblings, all boys, was born in a coastguard cottage in Liscannor, County…
USS Holland (SS-1) under way
USS Holland (SS-1) from Scientific American 1898. The muzzle door of the bow dynamite gun is open.
Holland under construction, 1900