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Batjan

Acquired Freighter:
  • Built by William Gray and Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool, England (YN 819)
  • Launched, 23 December 1912
  • Completed for NV Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Nederland," Amsterdam, as freighter Batjan, 15 March 1913
  • Acquired by the Navy, 21 March 1918
  • Commissioned, 28 March 1918
  • Decommissioned and returned to her owners at Amsterdam, Holland, 25 June 1919
  • Sold to NV Java-China-Japan Lijn and renamed Tijkampek, 1927
  • Final disposition, arrived for breaking up, Osaka, Japan, 14 January 1932

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 6,232 gross tons
  • Length 400' waterline, 418' overall
  • Beam 53' 6"
  • Draft 27' 9"
  • Speed 11.5 knots
  • Complement 62
  • Armament: One 4"/40 and one 3"/50 mount
  • Propulsion:
    Four single ended boilers
    one 3,800hp vertical triple expansion steam engine (28" 46" 77" x 48"), one shaft
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Batjan
    1217998501    		 509k Photographed circa 1917, possibly while interned at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 65101    		 Dave Wright
    Batjan
    1217998502    		 453k RPPC of USS Batjan coming into port at Rotterdam, 04 June 1919. John Milewski
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History:

    Batjan

    Batjan is an island in Indonesia.

    Batjan, a cargo vessel, was built in 1913 by William Gray and Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool, England, acquired from her Dutch owners 21 March 1918, and commissioned as a Naval Overseas Transportation Service vessel 28 March 1918, Lieutenant Commander D. [Daniel] E. Rodick, USNRF, in command.

    Between April 1918 and June 1919 Batjan transported munitions and supplies to South America and Europe. She was decommissioned at Amsterdam, Holland, and returned to her owners 25 June 1919.

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