 West Madaket in merchant service | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | West Madaket |
| Namesake | Madaket |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Skinner & Eddy,Seattle |
| Yard number | 33 |
| Laid down | 31 July 1918 |
| Launched | 5 October 1918 |
| Commissioned | 30 October 1918 |
| Maiden voyage | 18 November 1918 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk, 5 May 1943 |
 United States | |
| Name | USSWest Madaket |
| Operator | US Navy (1918–1919) |
| Acquired | 31 October 1918 |
| Commissioned | 31 October 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 8 May 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owners 8 May 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Design 1013 ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 12,225tons (normal) |
| Length | 409.6 ft (124.8 m) |
| Beam | 54.2 ft (16.5 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft2+1⁄2 in (7.379 m) (loaded) |
| Depth | 27.1 ft (8.3 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 2,500ihp |
| Propulsion | General Electric Co.steam turbine,double reduction geared to onescrew |
| Speed | 11+1⁄2knots (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
| Complement | 94 |
West Madaket was asteamcargo ship built in 1918–1919 bySkinner & Eddy Corporation ofSeattle for theUnited States Shipping Board as part of the wartime shipbuilding program of theEmergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine.
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West Madaket was built in 1918 as a commercial cargo ship at Seattle, Washington by theSkinner and Eddy Corporation. Launched on 5 October 1918, she was acquired by the U.S. Navy forWorld War I service upon completion on 31 October 1918, assigned naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 3636, andcommissioned the same day as USSWest Madaket atPuget Sound Navy Yard,Bremerton, Washington.
Assigned to theNaval Overseas Transportation Service,West Madaket completed hersea trials too late to see service before World War I ended on 11 November 1918. She departed for theUnited States East Coast on 18 November 1918 with acargo of 7,031tons offlour consigned toEuropean food relief. Voyaging via thePanama Canal, she arrived atNew York City on 16 December 1918 and departed on 22 December 1918, bound forEurope. She made port atFalmouth, England, on 5 January 1919 and pushed on, that same day, forRotterdam, theNetherlands, where she discharged her cargo until 23 January 1919.
Returning to New York on 9 February 1919,West Madaket loaded 6,841 tons of general cargo and made a voyage toLe Verdon-sur-Mer, France, returning to New York on 28 April 1919.
West Madaket wasdecommissioned on 8 May 1919 atNewport News, Virginia, and was transferred to theUnited States Shipping Board on the same day.
Once again SSWest Madaket, she remained in the custody of the Shipping Board until theUnited States Maritime Commission was established and replaced the Shipping Board in 1936. She then continued in Maritime Commission service intoWorld War II. On 5 May 1943, while steaming with Convoy ONS 5, she wastorpedoed and sunk in theAtlantic Ocean byU-584.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1943 | |
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