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Westward Ho (ID 3098)


Freighter: Built in 1917 as War Sirdar by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR; Launched 20 November 1917; Renamed Westward Ho prior to completion; Acquired by the Navy 19 October 1918 and commissioned Westward Ho (ID 3098) the same day at Brest, France; Decommissioned 19 April 1919 at New York, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Abandoned in 1933; Sold in 1937 to Kokoku Kisen KK, Kobe, Japan and renamed Westward Ho Maru; Renamed Izan Maru in 1938; Wrecked and abandoned 24 October 1939 at Sakhalin Island, Japan; Refloated in 1941 but was a total loss. 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 60; Armament one 5" and one 3".


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