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USS Rijndam ' s officers on deck, in port at Norfolk, Virginia In March 1919 Princess Matoika and Rijndam raced each other from Saint-Nazaire to Newport News. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Princess Matoika was the swifter ship, but Rijndam recruited volunteers from the 133rd Field Artillery Regiment aboard as extra stokers for her furnaces, and with their help ...
USS Rijndam (ID-2505), a Holland America Line passenger liner that was built in 1901 and scrapped in 1929. She was a United States Navy transport in World War I. SS Ryndam (1950) aka Rijndam was an ocean liner built for Holland America Line, launched in 1950, renamed Pride of Mississippi, then Pride of Galveston, and sunk in 2003.
SS Ryndam was an ocean liner built for Holland America Line in 1951. She was built by N.V. Dok en Werfmaatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam. She was christened by Mrs. C. Tjarda van Stakenborgh Stachouwer-Marburg (wife of the prewar Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies). [2]
Image credits: Recreate the past Nostalgia is one of the big reasons why people love recreating old photos. Whether it’s a picture of you teasing your sibling or a throwback to a beach vacation ...
In 1901 and 1902 Harland & Wolff in Belfast built a pair of sister ships for her. Rijndam was launched in May 1901 and completed that October. [1] Noordam was built on slipway number 5 as yard number 338, launched on 28 September 1901 and completed on 29 March 1902. [2]
On 15 February 1963, in the Weser estuary off West Germany, the liner struck the wreck of the British ship Harborough, which had sunk in 1959 after striking the wreck of the Soviet ship Kholmogry. The Maasdam , carrying 500 persons, was safely evacuated despite a bad list, then was safely sailed to Bremerhaven by a skeleton crew.
Chief Radio Officer Jack van der Zee sent one out anyway about a half-hour later. [2] A model of MS Prinsendam. U.S. Coast Guard, United States Air Force Air Rescue Service, and Canadian Armed Forces Air Command CH-113 helicopters, which had greater range, rescued the passengers and crew. The rescue took place during a period of steadily ...
The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy’s History and Heritage Command said ...