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Randwijk (ID 2546)

Freighter:

  • Built in 1912 by Jan Smit, Albasserdam, Holland
  • Acquired by the Navy 2 April 1918 and commissioned the same day
  • Decommissioned 23 April 1918 at Baltimore, MD, struck from the Navy Register and returned to the United States Shipping Board
  • Sunk by aircraft bombs at Hamburg, Germany in October 1944
  • Scrapped in 1948 at Antwerp, Belgium.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 4,401 t.
  • Length 287' 5"
  • Beam 45' 2"
  • Draft 20' 9"
  • Speed 10 kts.
  • Propulsion: Two single ended boilers, one 1,500hp vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    Randwijk 50k Photo from Shipscribe.com Robert Hurst
    Randwijk 72k Shown flying the American flag, possibly after being taken over at Key West in April 1918
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 1889
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