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West Kyska (ID 3709)


Freighter: Built in 1918 as West Wyska by the Northwest Steel Co., Portland, OR; Renamed West Kyska prior to completion; Acquired by the Navy 22 November 1918 and commissioned West Kyska (ID 3709) the same day; Decommissioned 3 May 1919 at New York, struck from the Navy list and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold, (date unknown) to the Waterman Steamship Co., Mobile, AL; Returned to the War Shipping Administration in 1944.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 12,200.5 t.; Length 423' 9"; Beam 54'; Depth of hold 29' 9"; Draft 24' ½"; Speed 9 kts.; Complement 86; Armament none.


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