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English: Holland America line cargo steamship Maartensdijk, with her name and port of registry painted on the side of her hull in large letters for recognition as a neutral ship in the First World War. Built in 1902 as Rapallo. Interned by the USA, requisitioned for the US Navy, & commissioned in March 1918 as USS Maartensdijk (ID 2497).

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-m/maartnsk.htm
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Photo #: NH 101969

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current00:34, 22 July 2008Thumbnail for version as of 00:34, 22 July 2008732 × 501 (99 KB)Wikited{{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} Photo #: NH 101969 Maartensdijk (Dutch Cargo Ship, 1902) Photographed prior to her U.S. Navy service. Formerly named Rapallo, she was interned at New York during World War I and was acquired by the Navy and placed in commissio

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