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West Cressey (ID 3813)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, WA; Launched 14 November 1918; Acquired by the Navy 17 December 1918 and commissioned West Cressey (ID 3552) the same day at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton; Decommissioned 13 May 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Abandoned in 1933; Transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease 17 December 1942; Renamed Briansk and operated by the Far East State Sea Shipping Co.; Returned to U.S. custody in April 1944 due to mechanical problem; Retransferred to the Soviet Union 5 November 1944 and renamed Tallinn; Assigned to the Baltic Sea 6 November 1946; Ran aground off Kamchatka 4 September 1946; Written off in 1948.

Specifications: Displacement 12,225 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 23' 2"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 81; Armament none.


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West Cressey 95k Just after launching, at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard, Seattle, Washington, 14 November 1918.
Photographed by Frank H. Nowell, 1212 Fourth Avenue, Seattle.
US Navy Photo NH 65054-A
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