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West Coast (ID 3315)



Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Mike - Jig - Dog
Freighter:

  • Built by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Co., Portland, OR (YN 7)
  • Laid down for British government as War Dagger
  • Launched, 06 July 1918
  • Renamed West Coast prior to completion
  • Acquired by the Navy 09 August 1918 and commissioned West Coast (ID 3315) the same day
  • Decommissioned 26 June 1919, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board
  • Scrapped by Boston Iron & Metals, Baltimore, MD, fourth quarter 1930.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 12,200 t.
  • Length 423' 9"
  • Beam 54'
  • Depth of hold 29' 9"
  • Draft 24' ½"
  • Speed 10.5 kts.
  • Complement 70
  • Propulsion: Three single ended boilers, one One 2,650shp Kerr steam turbine, one shaft.
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    West Coast
    1217331501    		 191k West Coast at the Norfolk & Western RR coaling station, Norfolk, VA, circa 1920. Dave Wright
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