USS Beukelsdijk

	The ship as Grängesberg, with her smokestack in Wm. H. Müller & Co colors, between 1903 and 1916
History
Netherlands
Name	1903: Grängesberg; 1916: Beukelsdijk;
Namesake	1903: Grängesberg; 1916: Beukelsdijk;
Owner	1903: Wm. H. Müller & Co; 1916: Holland America Line;
Operator	US Navy (1918–19)
Port of registry	Rotterdam
Route	1903: Oxelösund – Rotterdam
Builder	Wm Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Yard number	305
Launched	14 March 1903
Completed	April 1903
Acquired	by US Government, 20 March 1918
Commissioned	into US Navy, 21 March 1918
Decommissioned	from US Navy, 19 May 1919
Identification	1903: code letters NVCL; ; 1916: code letters NGWQ; ; 1918: ID number ID–3135;
Fate	Wrecked 29 January 1923
General characteristics
Type	turret deck ship
Tonnage	6,749 GRT, 4,370 NRT, 10,530 DWT
Displacement	13,740 long tons (13,960 t)
Length	440.2 ft (134.2 m)
Beam	62.0 ft (18.9 m)
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m) (mean)
Depth	26.0 ft (7.9 m)
Depth of hold	29 ft (8.8 m)
Decks	1
Installed power	370 NHP, 2,200 ihp
Propulsion	1 × screw; 1 × triple-expansion engine;
Speed	10 to 10+1⁄2 knots (18.5 to 19.4 km/h)
Capacity	488,000 cu ft (13,800 m3) grain, 452,000 cu ft (12,800 m3) bale
Complement	in US Navy, 62
Armament	1 × 3-inch/50-caliber gun; 2 × 6-pounder guns;

USS Beukelsdijk was a Dutch-owned turret deck ship that was built in England in 1903 as Grängesberg. She was renamed Beukelsdijk in 1916 when she changed owners. In 1918 she was requisitioned as USS Beukelsdijk, with the Naval Registry Identification Number ID–3135. She returned to civilian service in 1919, and was wrecked in the Norwegian Sea in 1923.

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