Steam cargo ship built 1918 by Northwest Steel Company
West Compo had design and measurements similar to West Shore, a sister ship from the same shipyard seen here c. 1918.
History
United States
Name
West Compo
Namesake
Compo
Owner
USSB
Ordered
27 December 1917
Builder
Northwest Steel Co., Portland
Yard number
20[1]
Laid down
27 August 1918
Launched
27 November 1918
Sponsored by
Miss Nellie M. Washburn
Commissioned
31 January 1919
Maiden voyage
9 February 1919
Homeport
Portland
Identification
US Official Number 217524
Call sign LPRQ
Fate
Scrapped, 1936
History
United States
Name
USS West Compo
Operator
U.S. Navy (1919)
Acquired
3 February 1919
Commissioned
3 February 1919
Decommissioned
22 May 1919
Fate
Returned to owners 22 May 1919
General characteristics
Type
Design 1013 ship
Tonnage
5,700 GRT
3,517 NRT
8,635 DWT
Displacement
12,185 tons (normal)[2]
Length
409.8 ft (124.9 m)
Beam
54.2 ft (16.5 m)
Draft
24 ft 1⁄2 in (7.328 m) (loaded)
Depth
27.2 ft (8.3 m)
Installed power
583 Nhp, 2,500 shp
Propulsion
General Electric Co. steam turbine, double reduction geared to one screw
Speed
11+1⁄2 knots (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h)
Complement
62
West Compo was a steam cargo ship built in 1918–1919 by Northwest Steel Company of Portland for the United States Shipping Board as part of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine. The vessel was commissioned into the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) of the United States Navy in January 1919 and after only one overseas trip was decommissioned four months later and returned to the USSB. Afterwards the vessel was largely employed on the Atlantic Coast of the United States to France route until mid-1921 when she was laid up and eventually broken up for scrap in 1936.
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