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West Humhaw (ID 3718)

Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Mike - Watch - Fox

Acquired Design 1013 Freighter:

Built by Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, WA (YN 30)

Launched, 28 August 1918

Acquired by the Navy, 16 September 1918

Commissioned USS West Humhaw (ID 3718), 17 September 1918

Decommissioned at New York, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board, 27 January 1919

Sold to the American West African Line, 1928

Torpedoed and sunk in Convoy ST.40 by the German submarine U-161 60 miles SW of Takoradi, Gold Coast (now Ghana) at 04° 19' N, 02° 44' W, 08 November 1942

The entire crew of 59 survived

Specifications:

Displacement 12,225 t.

Length 423' 9"

Beam 54'

Depth of hold 29' 9"

Draft 24' 2¼"

Speed 11.5 kts.

Complement 70

Armament: One 5"/51 and one 3"/50 mount

Propulsion: Three single ended oil fired boilers, one 2,500shp General Electric steam turbine, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	115k	Afloat immediately after launching at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard, Seattle, Washington, on 26 August 1918. She was built in 51 working days U.S. Navy photo NH 65078		Naval Historical Center
1217371802	519k	RPPC of *West Humhaw* entering an unidentified port, circa 1920s.		John Milewski

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