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West Avenal (ID 3871)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Western Steel and Pipe Co., San Francisco, CA; Acquired by the Navy 1 February 1919 and commissioned the same day at San Francisco; Decommissioned 5 April 1919 at Norfolk, VA and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Abandoned in 1928. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 12,000 t.; Length 427'; Beam 54'; Depth of Hold 29' 9"; Draft 23' 6"; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 70; Armament none.


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