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West Haven (ID 2159)

Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Jig - Mike - Tare

Freighter:

Built in 1917 as War Flame by the the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, WA

Launched 1 November 1917

Acquired by the Navy 18 June 1918, renamed West Haven and commissioned USS West Haven (ID 2159) the same day at New Orleans, LA

Decommissioned 21 January 1919 at New York, returned to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) and struck from the Navy list

Sold in 1920 to the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Steamship Corp. of Baltimore, MD

Repossessed by the USSB in 1922

Sold in 1929 to the Los Angeles Steamship Co. of Los Angeles, CA and renamed Marian Otis Chandler

Sold in 1939 to the Matson Steamship Co., San Francisco, CA and renamed Onomea

Sold in 1940 to the Ministry of War Transport, London, England and renamed Empire Leopard under management of the Maritime Shipping and Trading Co.

Torpeoded and sunk 2 November 1942 by the German submarine U-402 at 52°26'N., 45°22'W.

Specifications:

Displacement 12,191 t.

Length 423' 9"

Beam 54'

Draft 24' 1½"

Depth of hold 29' 9"

Speed 11 kts.

Complement 86

Armament: One 5"/51 mount and one 6-pounder

Propulsion: Three single-ended boilers, one 2,750ihp verticle triple-expansion steam engine, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
War Flame
	107k	Probably photographed while underway on trials off Seattle, Washington, in December 1917 U.S. Navy photo NH 65034-A	Naval Historical Center
West Haven
	107k	c. 1921 Photo from an advertisement of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Steamship Corp.	Joe Radigan
	107k	Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Steamship Corp. advertisement for Cape Henry, ex-ID-3056; West Haven, ex-ID-2159 and Liberator, ex-ID-3134 from the 31 May 1921 edition of the Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA	Tommy Trampp

Commanding Officers
01	LT William M. Tonken, USNRF	18 June 1918
02	LCDR Charles W. Deveroux, USNRF	1918 - 1919

Courtesy Joe Radigan

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