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Western Spirit (ID 3164)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Northwestern Steel Co., Portland, OR; Launched 6 May 1918; Acquired by the Navy 19 July 1918; Commissioned 30 July 1918; Decommissioned 17 April 1919 at Norfolk, VA and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Abandoned in 1933. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 12,185 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24' ½"; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 97; Armament one 4" and one 3".


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