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Western Hope (ID 3771)


Freighter: Built in 1918 as War Ruby by J. F. Duthie and Co., Seattle, WA; Launched 29 July 1918; Renamed Western Hope prior to completion; Acquired by the Navy 25 September 1918 and commissioned Western Hope (ID 3771) the same day at Seattle; Decommissioned 5 May 1919 at Newport News, VA and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Laid up in 1923 and scrapped at Baltimore, MD in 1933.

Specifications: Displacement 12,170 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24' 2"; Speed 9.5 kts.; Complement 102; Armament none.


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