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Western Chief (ID 3161)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Northwest Steel Co., Portland, OR; Launched 20 April 1918; Acquired by the Navy 3 July 1918 and commissioned the same day at Portland; Decommissioned 28 June 1919, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold to the British Government, (date unknown); Torpedoed and sunk 14 March 1941 by the Italian submarine Emo at 58° 52' N., 21° 13' W.

Specifications: Displacement 12,185 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24' 2"; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 99; Armament one 5" and
one 3".


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