[1] Holland Torpedo Boat Station on Cutchogue Harbor was not designated a submarine base by the US Navy.

On 16 October 1900, the USS Holland departed for her first port, United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland for crew training.

Annapolis being a training center was not designated a US submarine base, though the USS Holland was stationed there.

A two-mile-long test track was made about three miles east of Holland Torpedo Boat Station in Little Peconic Bay.

Later Captain John Lowe would report to the US Congress on 7 November 1899, the need for a fleet of submarines, as Philippines, Hawaii and other United States oversea territories could be attacked.

Captain John Lowe became the first naval officer to be posted on active duty in the new US Navy submarine service.

[5][6] The Spanish American War broke out on 24 April 1898, new in warfare was the idea that a small vessel with a fast torpedo could sink a large ship.

torpedo boat destroyer "Winslow" of the Spanish War fame were held in these waters.