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West Elcajon (ID 3907)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, WA; Acquired by the Navy 18 January 1919 and commissioned Elcajon (ID 3907) the same day at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton; Decommissioned 26 May 1919 at New York and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Navy list, (date unknown); Sold in 1928 to the Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Co. and renamed Golden Kauri; Sold in 1939 to the Matson Navigation Line and renamed Waipio; Sold in 1946 to the Compania Paralos de Vapores, S.A., Panama and renamed Paralos II. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 12,226 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24' 2"; Speed 11.6 kts.; Complement 70; Armament none.


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