USS Westerner
Cargo ship of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Westerner (ID-2890) was a cargo ship of the United States Navy that served during World War I and its immediate aftermath.
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SS Westerner fitting out at the J. F. Duthie and Company shipyard in Seattle, Washington, on 26 January 1918. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Westerner |
Builder | J. F. Duthie and Company, Seattle, Washington |
Launched | 4 November 1917 |
Completed | early 1918 |
Acquired | 20 June 1918 |
Commissioned | 20 June 1918 |
Decommissioned | 21 August 1919 |
Stricken | 21 August 1919 |
Fate | Returned to U.S. Shipping Board 21 August 1919 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Displacement | 12,200 tons |
Length | 423 ft 9 in (129.16 m) |
Beam | 54 ft 0 in (16.46 m) |
Draft | 24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean) |
Depth | 29 ft 9 in (9.07 m) |
Propulsion | One 2,500-ihp (1.864-mW) steam engine, one shaft |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Complement | 87 |
Armament | 1 × 5-inch (127-mm) gun |
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