@1918 Vintage WW1 USS Rijndam US Navy Troop Carrier Real Photo RPPC Postcard
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@1918 Vintage WW1 USS Rijndam US Navy Troop Carrier Real Photo RPPC Postcard:
$9.99
This vintage, antique and Real Photo postcard of the U.S.S. Rijndam, U.S. Navy Troop Carrier is believeddated circa 1918. According to Wikipedia, the U.S.S. Rijndam:
\"USSRijndam(ID-2505)was atransportfor theUnited States NavyduringWorld War I. Interned atNew Yorkduring World War I, she was seized during March 1918 byUnited States Customsofficials along with 88 otherDutchvessels. Rijndamwas commissioned 1 May 1918 at New York for service as a troopship....On31 May 1918,Rijndamwas nearly torpedoed by German submarineU-90that resulted in the loss ofPresident Lincoln.[1][7]Rijndamwas able to avoid the torpedoes and, shortly afterward, nearly rammed a submarine cruising at periscope depth.[1]\" Postcard image is of good quality. Reverse has some minor soiling.
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USSRijndam(ID-2505)was atransportfor theUnited States NavyduringWorld War I. Both before and after her Navy service she was known asSSRijndamorRyndamas anocean linerfor theHolland America Line.
Contents[hide]- 1History
- 2Notes
- 3References
- 4External links
Rijndamwaslaunchedduring 1901 byHarland & Wolff Ltd.ofBelfast,Northern Ireland, as a steel passenger liner for the Holland America Line.[1]
On 25 May 1915,Rijndamwas rammed by theNorwegian-Flagged fruit steamerJoseph J. Cuneoabout 10 nautical miles (19km) south of the Nantucket Shoals. Responding to theSOS, U.S. NavybattleshipsTexas,South Carolina,Louisiana, andMichigan, rescued 230passengers from the damaged liner.[2][3]
Interned atNew Yorkduring World War I, she was seized during March 1918 byUnited States Customsofficials along with 88 otherDutchvessels, 31 of which entered U.S. Navy service.Rijndamwas commissioned 1 May 1918 at New York for service as a troopship, withCommanderJohn J. Hannigan in command.[1]
Rijndamdeparted New York 10 May 1918 on the first of six convoy voyages to Europe before the war\'s end,[1]accompanied byPresident Lincoln,Covington, British troopshipDwinsk, andItaliansteamersCasertaandDante Alighieri. The group rendezvoused with a similar group that leftNewport News,Virginia, the same day, consisting of American Matoika,Antigone, andSusquehanna, the British troopshipKursk, and the ItalianDuca as escort for the assembled ships, which were the 35th U.S. convoy of the war.[4]On 20 May, the convoy sighted and fired on a \"submarine\" that turned out to be a bucket; the next day escortFrederickleft the convoy after being relieved by 11 destroyers. Three days later the convoy sighted land at 06:30 and anchored atBrestthat afternoon.[6]
On her return journey on 31 May 1918,Rijndamwas nearly torpedoed in the same attack by German submarineU-90that resulted in the loss ofPresident Lincoln.[1][7]Rijndamwas able to avoid the torpedoes and, shortly afterward, nearly rammed a submarine cruising at periscope depth.[1]
On her next transport voyage,Rijndamleft New York on 15 June withKroonland,Finland,DeKalb,George Washington,Covington, Italian steamerDante Alighieri, and British steamerVaubanand met up with the Newport News portion of the convoy—which includedLenape,Wilhelmina,Princess Matoika,Pastores, and British troopshipCzar—the next morning and set out for France.[8][9]The convoy was escorted by cruisersNorth CarolinaandFrederick, and several other destroyers joined in escort duties for the group for a time.[8]The convoy had a false alarm when a floating barrel was mistaken for submarine, but otherwise uneventfully arrived at Brest on the afternoon of 27 June.[9][10]
Rijndamlanded troops and supplies atBrest,France, on three more occasions through November 1918, and called once atSaint-Nazaireduring July.Rijndammade seven round-trip voyages fromQuiberon, Saint-Nazaire, and Brest, France, following the end of World War I, returning U.S. troops and personnel toNewport News, Virginia;Norfolk, Virginia;Hoboken,New Jersey; and New York.[1]
In March 1919,RijndamandPrincess Matoikaraced each other from Saint-Nazaire to Newport News in a friendly competition that received national press coverage in the United States.[11][12]Rijndam, the slower ship, was just able to edge out theMatoika—and cut two days from her previous fastest crossing time—by appealing to the honor of the soldiers of the 133rd Field Artillery returning home aboard her and employing them as extrastokersfor her boilers.[13]
She carried over 3,000 passengers on many of her 26 trips across theAtlantic, completing her active service upon arrival at New York 4 August 1919 from Brest. Transferred from theCruiser and Transport Forceon 11 August 1919 to the custody of the3rd Naval District,Rijndamwas decommissioned and returned to her former owner on 22 October 1919 at New York.Rijndamresumed her mercantile career under the Dutch Flag, remaining active until scrapped during 1929.[1]
Notes[edit]- ^Jump up to:abcdefg\"Rijndam\".DANFS.
- Jump up^Ferguson
- Jump up^\"Ryndam rammed at sea\"(PDF).The New York Times. 1915-05-27. p.1. Retrieved2008-04-17.
- ^Jump up to:abCrowell and Wilson, p. 609.
- Jump up^Gleaves, p. 202.
- Jump up^Pollard, p. 27.
- Jump up^\"President Lincoln\".DANFS. Retrieved2008-04-10.Dwinskwas sunk byU-151on her return journey as well. See:German submarine activities, p. 48.
- ^Jump up to:abCutchins and Stewart, p. 67.
- ^Jump up to:abcCrowell and Wilson, p. 610–11.
- Jump up^Cutchins and Stewart, p. 68.
- Jump up^\"Chicago troops reach U. S. after race over ocean\".Chicago Daily Tribune. 1919-03-21. p.4.
- Jump up^\"\"Old Hickory\" boys go to Charleston\".The Atlanta Constitution. 1919-03-21. p.10.
- Jump up^Harlow, p. 195, quoting Kent Watson fromHistory of the 133d Regiment.
@1918 Vintage WW1 USS Rijndam US Navy Troop Carrier Real Photo RPPC Postcard:
$9.99