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SS ''West Nohno'' was a cargo ship for the launched shortly after the end of World War I. The ship was inspected by the United States Navy for possible use as USS ''West Nohno'' (ID-4029) but was neither taken into the Navy nor ever commissioned under that name. ''West Nohno'' was built in 1919 for the , as a part of the ''West'' ships, a series of steel-hulled cargo ships built on the West Coast of the United States for the World War I war effort, and was the 24th ship built at Northwest Steel in Portland, Oregon. Completed too late for that conflict, she operated for a number of years as a merchant ship sailing to African ports for the American West African Line. In November 1941, ''West Nohno'' became the first American merchant ship to be armed prior to the United States' entry into World War II. Shortly after the U.S. entry to that conflict, she was employed for one roundtrip to the Soviet Union in March 1942. After her return, she sailed mainly between the United States and United Kingdom ports. In 1943, a civilian crewman aboard ''West Nohno'' was convicted of sedition for trying to incite a rebellion among members of the ship's crew and Naval Armed Guard. In February 1944, she sailed from the United States for the final time, and was scuttled in June as part of the "gooseberry" breakwater off Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion, earning a battle star for the ship. == Design and construction == The ''West'' ships were cargo ships of similar size and design built by several shipyards on the West Coast of the United States for the for emergency use during World War I. All were given names that began with the word ''West'', like ''West Nohno'',〔Crowell and Wilson, pp. 358–59.〕 the one of some 40 ''West'' ships built by the Northwest Steel of Portland, Oregon.〔 ''West Nohno'' (Northwest Steel yard number 24, hull number 1080)〔 was launched 12 February 1919 and completed in May 1919.〔〔 ''West Nohno'' was , and was long (between perpendiculars)〔 and abeam. She had a steel hull and had a deadweight tonnage of .〔 Sources do not give ''West Nohno''s other hull characteristics, but , a sister ship also built at Northwest Steel had a displacement of 12,200 t with a mean draft of , and a hold deep. ''West Nohno'' power plant consisted of a single steam turbine that drove a single screw propeller, which moved the ship at up to .〔 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 Nohno」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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