Will H. Point, seen here in August 1943, was a United States Army transport ship during World War II. The ship was previously named West Corum.
History
United States
Name
USS West Corum (ID-3982)
Builder
Columbia River Shipbuilding Co.
Portland, Oregon
Yard number
13[1]
Launched
2 January 1919[2]
Completed
February 1919[1]
Acquired
10 February 1919[3]
Commissioned
10 February 1919[3]
Decommissioned
9 June 1919[3]
Fate
Returned to USSB
History
Name
SS West Corum
Owner
1919: USSB
Acquired
Returned from US Navy, 9 June 1919
Identification
US Official number: 2217533[2]
Fate
Transferred to the U.S. Army
United States
Name
1940: USAT West Corum
1941: USAT Will H. Point
Acquired
November 1940[4]
Fate
Sold for scrapping, July 1948
General characteristics
Type
Design 1013 ship
Tonnage
5,795 GRT[2]
Displacement
12,424 t[3]
Length
410 ft 1 in (124.99 m) (LPP)[2]
424 ft (129.2 m) (overall)[3]
Beam
54 ft (16.5 m)[2]
Draft
24 ft (7.3 m) (mean)[3]
Propulsion
1 × steam turbine[2]
1 × screw propeller[3]
Speed
10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)[2]
Complement
82 (as USS West Corum, 1919)[3]
Armament
as USS West Corum, 1919:[3]
None
World War II:[5]
1 × 3-inch (76 mm) gun
4 × 20 mm AA guns
USS West Corum (ID-3982) was a cargo ship for the United States Navy in 1919. The ship was built as SS West Corum and reverted to that name at the end of her Navy service. During World War II, the ship was United States Army transport ship USAT West Corum, later renamed to Will H. Point (sometimes listed as William H. Point).
SS West Corum was a steam-powered ship built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as part of the West boats, a series of steel-hulled cargo ships built on the West Coast of the United States for the World War I war effort. She was the 13th ship built by Columbia River Shipbuilding Company in Portland, Oregon. She was commissioned into the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) of the United States Navy in January 1919. After one overseas trips for the Navy, she was decommissioned in May 1919 and returned to the USSB.
Early in her civilian career, she sailed between New York City and Bordeaux, but later shifted to sailing to Antwerp. For most of the 1920s, West Corum sailed to Argentine ports. By 1939, West Corum had been laid up in New Orleans. In 1940, she was reconditioned, transferred to the United States Army, and renamed USAT Will H. Point. During World War II, the ship sailed primarily in the Pacific Ocean, calling at ports in Australia, Alaska, and the U.S. West Coast. Will H. Point was laid up in the reserve fleet in Astoria, Oregon, in January 1947 and sold for scrapping in July of that same year.
^ abColton, Tim. "Columbia River Shipbuilding Company, Portland OR". Shipbuildinghistory.com. The Colton Company. Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
^ abcdefg"West Corum (2217533)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 26 September 2008. Haworth lists the later name of the ship as William H. Point.
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