USS Western Chief
USS Western Chief (ID-3161) in a European port in 1919.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Western Chief |
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Launched | 20 April 1918 |
Completed | 1918 |
Acquired | 3 July 1918 |
Commissioned | 3 July 1918 |
Decommissioned | 28 June 1919 |
Stricken | 28 June 1919 |
Fate | Returned to U.S. Shipping Board 28 June 1919 |
Notes |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Displacement | 12,185 tons |
Length | 423 ft 9 in (129.16 m) |
Beam | 54 ft 0 in (16.46 m) |
Draft | 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m) (mean) |
Depth | 29 ft 9 in (9.07 m) |
Propulsion | One 2,500- mW) steam engine , one shaft |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Complement | 99 |
Armament |
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USS Western Chief (ID-3161) was a cargo ship of the United States Navy that served during World War I and its immediate aftermath. As SS Western Chief, she was sunk during World War II after being sold to the United Kingdom for use as a merchant ship.
Construction and acquisition
Western Chief was laid down as the steel-hulled, single-
Assigned to the
Western Chief departed Brest on 8 October 1918 for the return voyage to the United States. She reached New York on 24 October 1918, then got underway again the same day and steamed to Newport News, Virginia.
Western Chief made three more round-trip cargo runs to
On 16 April 1919, Western Chief got underway for Europe with a full cargo of flour, beginning her final U.S. Navy voyage. She called at the
Decommissioning and disposal
Western Chief was
Later career
Once again SS Western Chief, the ship was in mercantile service from 1919.
Early in
Notes
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Western Chief (ID 3161)