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Harry Handly Caldwell (February 5, 1873 – April 27, 1939) was America's first submarine captain. He became the first naval submarine commanding officer, of any nation, when he assumed command of USS Holland (SS-1) on October 12, 1900.
H.H. Caldwell. Writer: Sunrise. A 1891 graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, H. H. Caldwell served with distinction in the United States Navy for over twenty years, first serving as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral George Dewey, USN on the U.S.S. Olympia at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War, where he ...
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- February 5, 1873
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- April 27, 1939
H.H. Caldwell. Writer: Sunrise. A 1891 graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, H. H. Caldwell served with distinction in the United States Navy for over twenty years, first serving as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral George Dewey, USN on the U.S.S. Olympia at the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War, where he ...
- February 5, 1873
- April 27, 1939
Caldwell earned a deep-draft command on the oiler Marias, AO-57, and after a few more staff jobs got his final Navy job, as commanding officer of the Fleet Training Center in Newport, where his father had been homeported in Holland.
Apr 14, 2013 · A touch of both visual and screenwriting verve is in evidence in the 1928 continent-spanning family epic Four Sons, adapted by Philip Klein and Herman Bing with titles by H.H. Caldwell and Katherine Hilliker.
It was Caldwell who received notification that the Spanish American War had been declared and delivered the news to Dewey. He was present aboard the Olympia during the naval Battle of Manila Bay. During WWI, he commanded the Amphitrite, the guard ship of New York Harbor.
Harry Handly Caldwell was America's first submarine captain. He became the first naval submarine commanding officer, of any nation, when he assumed command of USS Holland (SS-1) on October 12, 1900.
