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Western Ocean (ID 3151)

Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - King - Vice - Nan

Freighter:

Laid down 6 December 1917 as Joffre by Northwest Steel, Portland, OR for the Compagnie Generale of France

Launched 19 March 1918

Completed 31 May 1918 by Willamette Iron Works of Portland

Delivered to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) 17 June 1918, transferred to the Navy and commissioned USS Western Ocean (ID 3151)

Decommissioned 22 May 1919 at Norfolk, VA and returned to the USSB

Transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1937

Transferred to the United Kingdom in 1941 and renamed Empire Opossum

Sold in 1949 to the James SS Co. of London, England and renamed Marianne Clunies

Sold in 1950 to D. Oltmann of Bremen, Germany and renamed Ansgaritor

Renamed Schlussel Reed in 1953

Scrapped in 1959 at Rotterdam, Holland.

Specifications:

Displacement 12,185 t.

Length 423' 9"

Beam 54'

Depth of hold 29' 9"

Draft 24' ½"

Speed 10.5 kts.

Complement 70

Armament: Two 3"/50 mounts

Propulsion: Three single ended boilers, one 2,500shp Curtis steam turbine with reduction gear, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	451k	Photo from Northwest Steel employee newspapers, published 1 November 1919		Darryl Baker

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