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SS ''West Eldara'' was a steel–hulled cargo ship built in 1918 as part of the United States Shipping Boards emergency World War I shipbuilding program. ''West Eldara'' briefly served with the U.S. Navy in the immediate postwar period as the auxiliary ship USS ''West Eldara'' (ID-3704), completing two relief missions to Europe before decommissioning. Between the wars, ''West Eldara'' operated as a merchant ship in transatlantic service. In 1936 she was renamed SS ''Mae''. In September 1942 ''Mae'' was intercepted by ''U-515'' off British Guiana and sunk with torpedoes and gunfire. ==Design and construction== ''West Eldara'' was built in Seattle, Washington in 1918 at the No. 2 Plant of the Skinner & Eddy Corporation—the last in a series of 24 Design 1013 cargo ships built by Skinner & Eddy for the USSBs emergency wartime shipbuilding program.〔("General Cargo Ships Built in Pacific Coast Shipyards" ), ''shipbuildinghistory.com''.〕 ''West Eldara'' had a design deadweight tonnage of 8,800 tons and gross register tonnage of 5,600. She had an overall length of 423 feet 9 inches, a beam of 54 feet and a draft of 24 feet 2 inches.〔("West Eldara" ), ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'', Naval History and Heritage Command website.〕 The ship was powered by a Curtis geared turbine,〔Silverstone, p. 169.〕 driving a single screw propeller and delivering a speed of 11.5 knots.〔 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 Eldara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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