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SS West Gotomska
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SS West Gotomska was a steel–hulled cargo ship built in 1918 as part of the World War I emergency wartime shipbuilding program organized by the United States Shipping Board.
![]() SS West Gotomska in dazzle camouflage paint, undergoing trials on 7 August 1918 | |
History | |
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Name | SS West Gotomska |
Owner | U.S. Shipping Board |
Builder | Skinner & Eddy |
Yard number | 27 (USSB #1180) |
Laid down | 16 May 1918 |
Launched | 17 July 1918 |
Acquired | 7 August 1918 |
Commissioned | 7 August 1918–6 June 1919 |
In service | 7 August 1918–1948? |
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Fate | Scrapped at Philadelphia, 1948 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Design 1013 cargo ship |
Tonnage | 5,600 gross, 8,800 dwt |
Displacement | 12,225 tons |
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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 × Curtis geared turbine |
Propulsion | Single propeller |
Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h) |
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Armament |
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West Gotomska was commissioned straight into the U.S. Navy on completion in August 1918 as the auxiliary ship USS West Gotomska (ID-3322), and subsequently completed several supply missions on the Navy's behalf before decommissioning in June 1919. Between the wars, she was placed into commercial service as SS West Gotomska.
With America's entry into World War II in December 1941, West Gotomska participated in the convoy system that kept open the vital supply lines to Britain and the Soviet Union during the Battle of the Atlantic. In 1942, West Gotomska became one of the few survivors of the disastrous Convoy PQ 17 to Russia.
In 1943, the ageing vessel was sold to Chilean interests, who renamed her SS Andalien. Andalien was scrapped in Philadelphia in 1948.