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West Zula (ID 3501)

Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Mike - Sail - Nan

Freighter:

Built in 1918 by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Los Angeles, CA for the United States Shipping Board (USSB)

Launched 4 July 1918

Commissioned 19 August 1918

Delivered to the Navy at San Pedro, CA

Decommissioned 24 February 1919 at New York, struck from the Navy list and returned to the USSB

Scrapped in 1937.

Specifications:

Displacement 12,200 t.

Length 423' 9"

Beam 54'

Draft 24' 2"

Speed 11 kts.

Complement 70

Propulsion: Four Heine boilers, one Westinghouse steam turbine, one shaft.

Size	Image Description	Source
103k	Underway, probably during builder's trials, circa September 1918 U.S. Navy photo NH 65079	Naval Historical Center
56k	In port, probably at the time of her completion by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of San Pedro, California, circa September 1918 U.S. Navy photo NH 89437	Naval Historical Center
109k	Photographed on 24 September 1918 by her builder, the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., San Pedro, California National Archives photo from Shipscribe.com	Robert Hurst

Commanding Officers
01	LT Walter E. Manning, USNRF	26 September 1918
02	LCDR Charles A. Holbert, USNRF	1918 - 1919

Courtesy Joe Radigan

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