Show chance for mon honorably discharged service men hen in order to give honorably discharged men a chance to serve on the U S S holland the navy department has authorized its recruiting rec stations throughout the country to accept applications P locations licati ons for the holland from previous service service in men en and to transfer them to puget sound to join the holland the navy recruiting office at salt lake city is designated to accept men desiring duty on the holland from idaho wyoming montana and utah the holland will vill join the fleet as submarine repair ship in march this ship was building at the navy yard at emerton bremerton Br wash and is named after the successful inventor of underwater craft the holland will be the repair ship and tender for the submarines of the U S battle fleet on the pacific coast she is of tons displacement 16 nots bots speed with a length of feet and beam of GO 60 feet she is equipped with a machine pattern pipe copper coppe r and blacksmith shops and a foundry the hollands main power plant consists S ats of two oil burning express type boilers with single screw propulsion driven by parsons turbines which develop horsepower the complement of the hollan hollands d s crew consisting of 32 officers 25 chief petty officers and other ratings include the various skilled killed lyv workmen representing fifty five trades the ship and crew will be to keep the submarines in repair |