Compagnia Comercial y Financiera Sudamericana (1959–1960)
Operator
United States Shipping Board (1922–1937)
United States Maritime Commission (1937–1941)
G Heyn & Son (1941–1946)
Goulandris Bros (1946–1948)
Compagnia Maritima del Este (1948–1951)
Trama Trasporti Marittimi SpA (1951–1959)
Compagnia Armatoriale Italiana (1959–1960)
Port of registry
Portland, United States (1919–1941)
London, United Kingdom (1941–1948)
Panama City, Panama (1948–1951)
Italy (1951–1961)
Builder
Northwest Steel Company
Yard number
35
Launched
6 September 1919
Out of service
February 1961
Identification
United States Official Number 218964 (1919–1941)
United Kingdom Official Number 168199 (1941–1948)
Code Letters LTBN (1919–34)
Code Letters KLDA (1934–41)
Code Letters GPDP (1941–48)
Fate
Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type
Design 1013 Ship
Tonnage
6,187 GRT (1919–1940)
5,758 GRT (1940–1961)
3,827 NRT (1919–1940)
3,598 NRT (1940–1961)
8,800 DWT (1940–1961)
Length
409 ft 8 in (124.87 m)
Beam
54 ft 2 in (16.51 m)
Draught
30 ft 2 in (9.19 m)
Depth
27 ft 7 in (8.41 m)
Installed power
2 Steam turbines, double reduction geared
Propulsion
Screw propeller
Speed
11 knots (20 km/h)
West Saginaw was a 5,758 GRT Design 1013 cargo ship that was built in 1919 by Northwest Steel Company, Portland, Oregon, United States. She was built for the United States Shipping Board, passing to the United States Maritime Commission in 1936. In 1941, she was transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Cougar.
She spent the war sailing between the United Kingdom and the Caribbean, mostly sailing via the United States with some voyages made via Africa. She carried coal or fertilizer outbound, and returned with sugar. Empire Cougar was sold post-war and renamed Aurora. In 1948, she was sold to Panama and renamed Cougar, In 1951, she was sold to Italy and renamed Favola, serving until she was scrapped in 1961.
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