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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.
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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]
Pages in category "World War I passenger ships" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. W. SS Westralia (1896)
World War I passenger ships (8 C, 1 P) S. World War I shipwrecks (17 C, 4 P) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A. SS Ardmore (1909) N. HMS Newbury (1916)
14 built by Sun Ship for World War II were used as troop ships in 1944 and 1945. The United States Navy took over 6 to become Haven -class hospital ships in May 1945 and painted them white. Along with military troop movement, the C4-S-B2 participated in Operation Magic Carpet to bring home troops and their families.
The sinking of USS President Lincoln, painting by Fred Dana Marsh, 1920. In US service, President Lincoln made five voyages from New York to France. Transporting approximately 23,000 American troops to Brest and St. Nazaire, four cycles were completed without incident: October–November 1917, December 1917 - January 1918, February–March, and March–May.