page_title: SS Veendam (1922)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: SS Veendam (1922) / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Historisches Gemälde der Holland-America Line Nederlands: Historische schilderij van de Holland-America Lijn
context_page_description: SS Veendam was a 15,450 GRT ton ocean liner built for the Holland America Line. Built in 1922 by Harland & Wolff Limited, in Govan, Glasgow, she would operate on transatlantic routes between New York and Rotterdam via the Caribbean Sea.In 1941 she was seized by the Kriegsmarine as an accommodation ship and in 1945 after heavy damage, she was returned to her former owners the Holland America Line. She would go on to serve for another eight years before she was scrapped in 1953 at Baltimore, Maryland. She was the sister ship of SS Volendam.
caption: Poster for the Holland America Line advertising the Rotterdam - New York route
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