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West Mahomet (ID 3681)



Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Nan - Vice - George
Freighter:

  • Built in 1918 by the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, WA
  • Acquired by the Navy 13 November 1918
  • Commissioned 14 NOvember 1918
  • Decommissioned 3 June 1919 at Newport News, VA, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board
  • Abandoned in 1933
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 12,225 t.
  • Length 423' 9"
  • Beam 54'
  • Depth of hold 29' 9"
  • Draft 24' 2"
  • Speed 11.5 kts.
  • Complement 70
  • Propulsion: Three single ended boilers, one 2,500shp General Electric steam turbine, one shaft.
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    West Mahomet 70k Launching, at the Skinner and Eddy shipyard, Seattle, Washington, 19 October 1918
    U.S. Navy photo NH 65087    		 Naval Historical Center
    West Mahomet 234k In port, circa November 1918. The "Dazzle" camouflage greatly distorts the apparent aspect of her bow
    National Archives photo 19-N-1733    		 Original photo: Naval Historical Center
    Replacement photo: Robert Hurst
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