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Western Ocean (ID 3151)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Willamette Iron Works, Portland, OR; Completed 31 May 1918; Acquired by the Navy 17 June 1918 and commissioned Western Ocean (ID 3151) the same day; Decommissioned 22 May 1919 at Norfolk, VA and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1937; Transferred to the United Kingdom in 1941 and renamed Empire Opossum; Sold in 1949 to the James SS Co., London, England and renamed Marianne Clunies; Sold in 1950 to D. Oltmann, Bremen, Germany and renamed Ansgaritor; Renamed Schlussel Reed in 1953; Scrapped in 1959 at Rotterdam, Holland.

Specifications: Displacement 12,185 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24' ½"; Speed 12.5 kts.; Complement 91; Armament two 3".


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