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West Madaket (ID 3636)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, WA; Acquired by the Navy 31 October 1918 and commissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton the same day; Decommissioned 8 May 1919 at Newport News, VA, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Torpeoded and sunk 5 May 1943 by the U-707.

Specifications: Displacement 12,225.5 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24' 2"; Speed 11.5 kts.; Complement 94; Armament none.


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