USS Zeelandia

KHL poster featuring Zeelandia
History
Netherlands
NameZeelandia
NamesakeZeeland
OwnerKoninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd
Operator US Navy (1918–19)
Port of registry Amsterdam
RouteAmsterdamBuenos Aires
BuilderA Stephen & Sons, Glasgow
Yard number436
Launched26 April 1910
CompletedJune 1910
AcquiredMarch 1918
Commissioned3 April 1918
Decommissioned16 October 1919
Out of servicelaid up from February 1935
Identification
FateScrapped in 1936
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage7,995 GRT, 4,960 NRT, 7,420 DWT
Displacement11,500 tons
Length440.0 ft (134.1 m)
Beam55.7 ft (17.0 m)
Draft27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Depth34.0 ft (10.4 m)
Decks2
Installed power953 NHP, 5,800 ihp
Propulsion
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity
  • passengers: 102 × 1st class, 108 × 2nd class, 854 × steerage
  • cargo: 282,000 cu ft (8,000 m3) grain, 267,000 cu ft (7,600 m3) bale
Complementin US Navy: 322
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament

USS Zeelandia was an ocean liner that was built in Scotland in 1910 and scrapped in the Netherlands in 1936. She was the largest ship in the Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd (KHL) fleet from 1910 until the liners Gelria and Tubantia were completed in 1913 and 1914. She was USS Zeelandia from April 1918 until October 1919, when she was a United States Navy troopship.