.jpg) Oosterdijk in peacetime Holland America Line colours, without neutrality markings
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| History | |
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| Netherlands | |
| Name | Oosterdijk |
| Namesake | Dutch for "East Dyke" |
| Owner |
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| Operator |  US Navy (1918) |
| Port of registry |  Rotterdam |
| Builder | Irvine's Sb & DD, West Hartlepool |
| Yard number | 522 |
| Laid down | 7 June 1912 |
| Launched | 21 February 1913 |
| Completed | May 1913 |
| Acquired | by US Govt, 21 March 1918 |
| Commissioned | into US Navy, 2 April 1918 |
| Refit | April 1918 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sank after collision, July 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 8,250 GRT, 5,226 NRT, 11,927 DWT |
| Displacement | 11,900 tons |
| Length | 450.4 ft (137.3 m) |
| Beam | 55.0 ft (16.8 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 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, 107 |
| Notes | sister ship: Westerdijk |
USS Oosterdijk was a Holland America Line cargo steamship that was built in 1913 and sank as a result of a collision in 1918. She served in the United States Navy, with the Naval Registry Identification Number ID–2586, from March 1918 until her loss that July. Some sources anglicise her name as Oosterdyk, but Lloyd's Register registered her with the Dutch spelling Oosterdijk.