West Nohno had design and measurements similar to West Shore, a sister ship from the same shipyard seen here c. 1918.
History
United States
Name
West Nohno
Owner
USSB
Builder
Northwest Steel
Portland, Oregon
Yard number
24[2]
Launched
12 February 1919[3]
Completed
May 1919[2]
Identification
Official number: 217936[1]
Fate
Sunk as part of "gooseberry" breakwater off Normandy, 11 June 1944[4]
General characteristics
Type
Design 1013 ship
Tonnage
6,186 GRT[1]
8,580 DWT[5]
Length
409 ft 9 in (124.89 m) (LPP)[1]
423 ft 10 in (129.18 m)[5]
Beam
54 ft 2 in (16.51 m)[1]
Draft
23 ft 11 in (7.29 m)[5]
Propulsion
1 × steam turbine[1]
Speed
11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)[1]
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Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy)
Prelude
Atlantic Wall
Bodyguard
Fortitude
Zeppelin
Titanic
Taxable, Glimmer & Big Drum
Combined Bomber Offensive
Pointblank
Transport Plan
Postage Able
Tarbrush
Tiger
Fabius
Airborne assault British Sector
Tonga
Caen canal and Orne river bridges
Merville Battery
Mallard
American Sector
Albany
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Elmira
Normandy landings American Sector
Omaha
Utah
Pointe du Hoc
Anglo-Canadian Sector
Gambit
Sword
Juno
Gold
Port-en-Bessin
Logistics
American
Operation Chastity
British
Mulberry
Pluto
Ground campaign American Sector
Brécourt Manor
Graignes
La Haye-du-Puits
Saint-Lô
Carentan
Hill 30
Cherbourg
Naval
Anglo-Canadian Sector
Caen
Bréville
Perch
Villers-Bocage
Le Mesnil-Patry
Normandy massacres
Ardenne Abbey
Douvres
Martlet
Epsom
Windsor
Charnwood
Jupiter
2nd Odon
Atlantic
Goodwood
Verrières Ridge
Breakout
Cobra
Spring
Bluecoat
Totalize
Hill 140
Lüttich
Tractable
Hill 262
Chambois
Falaise
Saint-Malo
Brest
Mantes-Gassicourt
Paris
La Rochelle
Air and Sea operations
Ushant
La Caine
Cherbourg
Pierres Noires
Audierne Bay
Supporting operations
Dingson
Samwest
Titanic
Cooney
Bulbasket
Houndsworth
Loyton
Jedburgh
Dragoon
Wallace & Hardy
Aftermath
Cemeteries
SS West Nohno was a cargo ship of the United States Shipping Board (USSB) launched shortly after the end of World War I. The ship was inspected by the United States Navy for possible use as USS West Nohno (ID-4029) but was neither taken into the Navy nor ever commissioned under that name.
West Nohno was built in 1919 for the USSB, as a part of the West ships, a series of steel-hulled cargo ships built on the West Coast of the United States for the World War I war effort, and was the 24th ship built at Northwest Steel in Portland, Oregon. Completed too late for that conflict, she operated for a number of years as a merchant ship sailing to African ports for the American West African Line.
In November 1941, West Nohno became the first American merchant ship to be armed prior to the United States' entry into World War II. Shortly after the U.S. entry to that conflict, she was employed for one roundtrip to the Soviet Union in March 1942. After her return, she sailed mainly between the United States and United Kingdom ports. In 1943, a civilian crewman aboard West Nohno was convicted of sedition for trying to incite a rebellion among members of the ship's crew and Naval Armed Guard. In February 1944, she sailed from the United States for the final time, and was scuttled in June as part of the "gooseberry" breakwater off Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion, earning a battle star for the ship.
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