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Western Belle (ID 3551)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR; Acquired by the Navy 22 November 1918 and commissioned the same day at Puget Sound Navy Yard; Decommissioned 3 May 1919 at New York and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Struck from the Navy list, (date unknown); Sold in 1932 to Merritt, Chapman, and Scott; Abandoned in 1933. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 12,100 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24'; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 88; Armament none.


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