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Photo # NH 105861: USS Koningin der Nederlanden arriving at Newport News, Virginia, 1919

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USS Konigin der Nederlanden (ID # 2708), 1918-1919.
Originally, and later, S.S. Konigin der Nederlanden (Dutch Passenger Liner, 1911)

USS Koningin der Nederlanden, an 8225 gross ton troop transport, was built at Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1911 as the Dutch passenger liner of the same name. Seized at San Francisco, California by the U.S. Government in March 1918, she was commissioned in early April as a U.S. Navy ship. The ship steamed to the Panama Canal Zone in May to undergo conversion for transport service, continuing on to Norfolk, Virginia, in July 1918. During the remaining months of World War I, Koningin der Nederlanden made three voyages to France, carrying U.S. troops to participate in the Western Front's fighting. After the 11 November 1918 Armistice, she began the work of bringing American service personnel home, completing five trips for that purpose between then and mid-August 1919. USS Koningin der Nederlanden was decommissioned in November 1919. She was then turned over to the U.S. Army and later returned to her owners, who employed her under the Dutch flag until she was sold for scrapping in 1932.

Note: Some sources spell this ship's name as "Koningen der Nederlanden" or "Konigen der Nederlanden". The name is clearly rendered as "Koningin der Nederlanden" on several photographs of her taken while she was in commercial service.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS Konigin der Nederlanden (ID # 2708), and provides links to images of the Dutch passenger liner of the same name.

For images of this ship during her employment as a Dutch passenger liner, see:

  • S.S. Konigin der Nederlanden (Dutch Passenger Liner, 1911).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 105625

    USS Koningin der Nederlanden     (ID # 2708)

    In port with troops crowding her decks, circa late 1918.
    Note the ship's "dazzle" camouflage scheme, and the tug in the foreground.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 66KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105626

    USS Koningin der Nederlanden     (ID # 2708)

    In port circa early 1919, prior to the removal of her guns.
    Location appears to be American Bassens, France.
    Note the railway cars in the foreground, the large travelling crane at right, and the banner hung on Koningin der Nederlanden's pilothouse front, displaying her name.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 89KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105861

    USS Koningin der Nederlanden     (ID # 2798)

    Arriving at Newport News, Virginia, bringing troops home from Europe in 1919.
    Photographed by Holladay, Newport News.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 900 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105068

    USS Koningin der Nederlanden     (ID # 2708)

    In port, 1919, probably at Newport News, Virginia.
    The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO") stock, as one of a series of cards entitled "Ship that Brought Us Home"

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image size: 59KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102997-KN (color)

    USS Koningin der Nederlanden (ID # 2708)

    In dry dock, 1919.
    The Sailor standing on the forecastle with his foot on a bitt (in left center) is Earl H. Crane (1896-1961), who was the ship's barber.

    Courtesy of Miona Crane Armstrong, daughter of Earl H. Crane, 2005.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103676-A

    USS Koningin der Nederlanden     (ID # 2708)

    At Newport News, Virginia, 4 June 1919, after arriving from Europe with Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 88th Division. Men in the foreground are from that division.
    Cropped from a panoramic photograph by Holladay, Newport News, Virginia. The entire original image is Photo #: NH 103676.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 690 x 630 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103676

    USS Koningin der Nederlanden     (ID # 2708)

    "Units of the 88th Div. A.E.F. Landing from the U.S.S. Koningin der Nederlanden, at Newport News, Va. June 4th 1919".
    Panoramic photograph by Holladay, Newport News, Virginia.
    The original print's image is 43.7" long and 9.4" inches high.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 1200 x 280 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103052

    USS Koningin der Nederlanden     (ID # 2708)

    Photographed in 1919, while serving as a troop transport.
    The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82951

    "The Original U.S. Troop Transports"

    Chart compiled 16 August 1919, showing the number of trans-Atlantic "turn arounds" and their average duration for thirty seven U.S. Navy troop transports employed during and immediately after World War I.

    Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 157KB; 690 x 655 pixels

    Click here to rotate chart 90 degrees clockwise

     


    Formerly related image:

  • One of the ships visible in Photo # NH 104242, formerly thought to possibly be USS Koningin der Nederlanden, has now been positively identified (on the basis of camouflage pattern) as USS Zeelandia (ID 2507).


    For images of this ship during her employment as a Dutch passenger liner, see:

  • S.S. Konigin der Nederlanden (Dutch Passenger Liner, 1911).


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    New image added and page divided 4 January 2009