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SS ''West Cressey'' was a steel-hulled cargo ship that saw a brief period of service as an auxiliary with the U.S. Navy in the aftermath of World War I. ''West Cressey'' was built in 1918 for the United States Shipping Boards emergency wartime shipbuilding program. Delivered just too late to see service in the war, the ship was quickly commissioned into the Navy regardless, as USS ''West Cressey'' (ID-3813), but completed only two Navy missions—including a famine relief mission to Rumania—before decommissioning a few months later. Through the 1920s, the ship operated in a commercial capacity as SS ''West Cressey''. She was laid up for much of the 1930s through lack of work, but eventually re-entered service in 1941 as mounting losses to German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic had increased the demand for shipping. Sold in 1943 to the Soviet Union under lend-lease, ''West Cressey'' was renamed SS ''Briansk I'' and later SS ''Tallin''. The ship survived the war, but was lost in a storm off Cape Kamchatsky in 1946. ==Construction and design== ''West Cressey'' was built in Seattle, Washington in 1918 by the Skinner & Eddy Corporation〔—the 21st in a series of 24 Design 1013 cargo ships built by the company for the USSBs emergency wartime shipbuilding program.〔("General Cargo Ships Built in Pacific Coast Shipyards" ), ''shipbuildinghistory.com''.〕 The first ship launched from the company's No. 2 Plant, ''West Cressey''s launch took place on 21 September, just sixty days after the laying of her keel.〔 ''West Cressey'' had a design deadweight tonnage of 8,800 tons and gross register tonnage of 5,600.〔(Skinner & Eddy, Seattle WA ), ''shipbuildinghistory.com''.〕 She had an overall length of 423 feet 9 inches, a beam of 54 feet and a draft of 24 feet 2 inches.〔("West Cressey" ), ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'', Naval History and Heritage Command website.〕 The ship was powered by a triple expansion reciprocating steam engine,〔(West Cressey ), ''ellisisland.org''.〕 driving a single screw propeller and delivering a speed of 11 knots.〔 Since the ship was completed too late to see wartime service, she was not provided with any armament.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS West Cressey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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