( #JCKaelin: This happened 2.5 mi across #NewarkBay from #Bayonne! )
#OTD #TDIH #May17, 1897: #USSHolland, the #USNavy's 1st modern #submarine launched from #CrescentShipyard (now #MemorialWaterfrontPark) in #ElizabethNJ #JerseyProud
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