SS West Lashaway shortly after launch and before the completion of her superstructure, 12 September 1918
History
Name
SS West Lashaway
Operator
U.S. Navy 1918
U.S. Shipping Board 1919
American-West African Line ~1930
Builder
Skinner & Eddy
Laid down
8 July 1918
Launched
12 September 1918
Completed
30 September 1918
Commissioned
30 September 1918–12 April 1919
In service
30 September 1918–30 August 1942
Stricken
12 Apr 1919
Fate
Torpedoed by U-66, 30 August 1942
General characteristics
Type
Design 1013 cargo ship
Tonnage
5,600 gross, 8,800 dwt
Displacement
11,390 tons
Length
423 ft 9 in (129.16 m)
410 ft 5 in (125.10 m) bp
Beam
54 ft (16 m)
Draft
24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
Depth of hold
29 ft 9 in (9.07 m)
Installed power
1 × steam turbine
Propulsion
Single screw
Speed
11.5 kn (21.3 km/h)
Complement
World War I (USN): 70
Peacetime: about 40
World War II: 47 (38 crew, 9 gunners)
Armament
World War I: none
World War II: n/a
SS West Lashaway was a steel–hulled cargo ship that saw service with the U.S. Navy during World War I as the auxiliary ship USS West Lashaway (ID-3700). She was later engaged in mercantile service, until being sunk by a U-boat in 1942.
West Lashaway was commissioned into the Navy immediately upon completion in September 1918, but only had time to complete one voyage before the end of the war. In the months that followed, the ship made several more voyages with the Navy, including a children's relief mission to Eastern Europe, before decommissioning in 1919. West Lashaway was subsequently placed in commercial service, operating between the United States and various ports in Europe. Later, the ship was employed in trade between the U.S. and Africa.
In August 1942, West Lashaway was torpedoed and sunk by U-66 in the Caribbean. The handful of survivors, including four children, endured a three-week ordeal in an open boat with minimal supplies before being rescued. One of them would later write a book about the experience.
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