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West Ekonk (ID 3313)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, WA; Launched 22 June 1918; Acquired by the Navy 13 July 1918 and commissioned West Ekonk (ID 3313) the same day at Seattle; Decommissioned 9 April 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Navy list, (date unknown); Sold in 1933 to Lykes Brothers and Ripley Steamship Co., Inc.; Acquired by the British Government in 1941 and renamed Empire Wildebeeste; Torpedoed and sunk 24 January 1941 in the North Atlantic by U-106.

Specifications: Displacement 12,225 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24' 2"; Speed 11.5 kts.; Complement 107; Armament one 5" and one 3".


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West Ekonk 105k Underway, probably during her trials in July 1918, while painted in pattern camouflage. She had been launched by the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard, Seattle, Washington, on 22 June 1918, after being on the building ways for only 57 work days.
US Navy Photo NH 65041-A
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