 Westerdijk in Holland America Line colours, with wartime neutrality markings
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| History | |
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| Netherlands | |
| Name | Westerdijk |
| Namesake | Dutch for "West Dyke" |
| Owner |
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| Operator |  US Navy (1918) |
| Port of registry |  Rotterdam |
| Builder | Irvine's Sb & DD, West Hartlepool |
| Yard number | 523 |
| Laid down | 14 September 1912 |
| Launched | 7 May 1913 |
| Completed | July 1913 |
| Acquired | by US Govt, 21 March 1918 |
| Commissioned | into US Navy, 27 March 1918 |
| Decommissioned | from US Navy, 25 September 1919 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 8,261 GRT, 5,235 NRT, 11,927 DWT |
| Displacement | 17,050 tons |
| Length |
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| Beam | 55.0 ft (16.8 m) |
| Draught | 31 ft 9 in (9.67 m) |
| Depth | 38.7 ft (11.8 m) |
| Decks | 2 + shelter deck |
| Installed power | 755 NHP, 4,600 ihp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Capacity | 610,000 cubic feet (17,000 m3) grain, 568,000 cubic feet (16,100 m3) bale |
| Complement | in US Navy, 52 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | sister ship: Oosterdijk |
SS Westerdijk was a Holland America Line cargo steamship that was completed in 1913 and scrapped in 1933. She served in the United States Navy, with the Naval Registry Identification Number ID–2514, from March 1918 until September 1919. Some sources anglicise her name as Westerdyk, but Lloyd's Register registered her with the Dutch spelling Westerdijk.
A smaller cargo steamship, built for a different Dutch shipping company, was also completed in 1913 and called Westerdijk.[1] In 1923 she was sold to German owners, who renamed her Eschersheim.[2] Some sources confuse the two ships, and incorrectly claim that NASM's Westerdijk became Eschersheim.[3][4]
- ^ Lloyd's Register 1914, WES.
- ^ Lloyd's Register 1924, ERO–ESC.
- ^ Cressman, Robert J (11 August 2022). "Westerdijk". DANFS. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 July 2023.