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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Rondo (ID # 2488), 1918-1919.
Originally S.S. Rondo (Dutch Freighter, 1914)
S.S. Rondo, a 7549 gross ton (15,300 tons displacement)
freighter, was built at Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in 1914
for commercial service under the Dutch flag. She was seized by
the U.S. Government in March 1918, turned over to the Navy and,
late in that month, placed in commission as USS Rondo (ID
# 2488). The ship made two voyages to and from France between
May and September 1918. She was then fitted as an animal transport
and made one trip in that role, steaming to Uruguay and back during
the first months of 1919. Rondo's final U.S. Navy mission
took her to England in late May with a cargo of food. Continuing
on to Amsterdam, she was decommissioned in June 1919 and returned
to her owners. Following further civilian employment, S.S. Rondo
was scrapped in 1933.
This page features the only views we have concerning USS
Rondo (ID # 2488) and the Dutch freighter Rondo
of 1918.
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a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 103035
Rondo (Dutch Freighter, 1914)
In port, possibly when inspected by the Third Naval District
on 25 March 1918.
Built at Rotterdam in 1914, Rondo was seized by the United
States in March 1918 and placed in commission on the 29th of
that month as USS Rondo (ID # 2488). She was returned
to her owners at Amsterdam on 21 June 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102950
Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Ships at the Navy Yard, circa October 1918. They are (from left
to right):
USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10);
USS Katrina Luckenbach (ID # 3020); and
USS Rondo (ID # 2488).
All are painted in pattern camouflage.
Collection of Arthur J. Rozett.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102951
Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
Ships at the Navy Yard, circa October 1918. They are (from left
to right center):
USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10);
USS Katrina Luckenbach (ID # 3020); and
USS Rondo (ID # 2488).
All three are wearing pattern camouflage.
A steam launch from USS Indiana (Battleship # 1) is in
the center foreground. U.S. Navy Divers Float # 2 is in
the left foreground.
Collection of Arthur J. Rozett.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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