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West Indian (ID 3120)


Freighter: Built in 1918 as War Diamond by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR; Renamed West Indian prior to completion; Launched 27 February 1918; Acquired by the Navy 22 May 1918 and commissioned West Indian (ID 3120) the same day; Decommissioned 5 September 1918; Recommissioned 7 November 1918 at New York; Decommissioned 1 March 1919, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Scraped in 1938 at Briton Ferry, United Kingdom.

Specifications: Displacement 12,100.5 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24'; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 74; Armament none.


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