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Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij-KNSM
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329:Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij
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19:For other ships with the same name, see
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339:her at Key West on 3 April 1918 as USS
263:The Royal Netherlands Steamship Company
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323:The U.S. Navy acquired
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152:General characteristics
549:The New Navy 1883-1922
485:"wrecks of Scapa Flow"
471:The New Navy 1883-1922
183:between perpendiculars
66:Previous name retained
246:was built in 1909 at
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343:(SP-2573).
305:Netherlands
301:World War I
252:Netherlands
89:Yard number
83:Netherlands
633:1909 ships
617:Categories
504:References
454:Van Tuyl.
424:Cockrill.
405:Scapa Flow
238:cargo ship
225:The first
216:Complement
161:Cargo ship
21:USS Pollux
596:. Brill.
583:. De Alk.
411:Citations
389:The Navy
380:Louisiana
333:Amsterdam
296:in 1909.
283:Rotterdam
275:Rotterdam
248:Rotterdam
244:SS Pollux
231:(SP-2573)
97:Completed
79:Rotterdam
491:31 March
372:Matanzas
368:Cárdenas
294:Scotland
105:Acquired
63:Namesake
348:sailors
299:During
291:Glasgow
167:Tonnage
71:Builder
33:History
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394:Pollux
370:, and
364:Havana
352:Pollux
341:Pollux
325:Pollux
318:angary
250:, the
233:was a
229:Pollux
178:Length
170:3,940
146:Pollux
81:, the
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360:sugar
309:Dutch
254:, by
210:knots
205:Speed
197:Draft
141:Notes
598:ISBN
553:ISBN
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529:and
527:here
493:2021
356:Cuba
271:KNSM
260:KNSM
227:USS
189:Beam
157:Type
129:Fate
100:1909
55:USS
52:Name
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