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West Mead (ID 3550)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Seattle, WA; Acquired by the Navy 26 October 1918; Commissioned West Mead (ID 3550), 29 October 1918; Decommissioned 9 June 1919, returned to the United States Shipping Board and struck from the Naval Register; Sold to the Babcock Steamship Co., (date unknown) and renamed Willanglo; Sold in 1929 to the Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co., Portland, OR and renamed San Angela; Sold in 1940 to the Ministry of Transport, London, England. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 12,175 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 23' 11¾"; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 113; Armament none.


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