The New Suffolk Memorial is in New Suffolk, LI, NY and is on a grassy knoll, in the sand, facing Peconic Bay.

It is within a stones' throw of the original "Holland Torpedo Boat" docks and is within the original boatyard.

The inscription reads:

"Be it known by all that this monument marks the location of the first United States Submarine Base and commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the United States Submarine Service which had it's birthplace here on this point of land in the hamlet of New Suffolk, Long Island on 11 April 1900.

This Monument is a testimony to all the gallant men who have served on submarines of the United States Navy"

Information provided by
John R. Saeli    USSVI Long Island Base
fevroute@worldnet.att.net

Born in 1898 to a NYC police officer, Floyd D. Houston worked extensively in the NYC maritime, was the director of Civil Defense in Eastern Long Island during the war, and eventually moved to New Suffolk, Long Island, New York, where he owned and operated (ca 1945 - 1979) the boatyard which had once been home to Mr Holland's efforts there. Inter alia, he became an amateur historian, specializing in early submersibles. He used his considerable talents as a craftsman to build models for the Navy and Naval Museums throughout the country, including the USS HOLLAND and many others. Floyd passed in 1984 and was interred in his beloved Atlantic. He was a scholar, craftsman, and an erascible old salt.