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USS Rijndam
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USS Rijndam was the Holland America Line ocean liner Rijndam, also spelt Ryndam, which was launched in Ireland in 1901 and scrapped in the Netherlands in 1929. The US requisitioned her as the United S
Postcard of Rijndam in Holland America Line colours
Boats and survivors from Rijndam aboard USS South Carolina in May 1915
Rijndam as a troopship in 1919
USS Princess Matoika made a number of transatlantic crossings with Rijndam, and the two ships raced each other from Saint-Nazaire to Newport News in March 1919