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West Cobalt (ID 3836)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Co., Portland, OR; Acquired by the Navy 29 December 1918 and commissioned West Cobalt
(ID 3836)
the same day at Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton, WA; Decommissioned 6 May 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Navy list, (date unknown); Sold, (date unknown) to the Lykes Bros., Ripley Steamship Co., Inc.; Sold to the British Government in 1940 and renamed Empire Miniver; Torpedoed and sunk 18 October 1940 by the U-99.

Specifications: Displacement 12,424 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 64'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24' 2"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 78; Armament none.


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