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Western Ally (ID 3815)


Freighter: Built in 1918 as War Hector by the Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Seattle, WA; Renamed Western Ally prior to completion; Launched 9 November 1918; Acquired by the Navy 15 January 1919 and commissioned Western Ally (ID 3815) the same day; Decommissioned 23 July 1919 at Philadelphia, PA and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Navy list, (date unknown); Abandoned in 1929 due to age but sold to the McCormick SS Co, San Francisco, CA and renamed Forbes Hauptmann; Sold in 1940 to the Ministry of War Transport, Great Britian and renamed Empire Kittiwake; Sold to the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission, Oslo, Norway and renamed Norfalk; Sunk by mine 20 July 1944 at 49° 39' N., 01° 05' E. on her way to the Normandy beaches to be scuttled as a blockship.

Specifications: Displacement 12,370 t.; Length 426' 6"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 31' 7"; Draft 25' 6"; Speed 12.3 kts.; Complement 70; Armament unknown.


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