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SS Western Maid
''Western Maid'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1918 by the Northwest Steel Company, Portland, Oregon, USA. She was built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), but was commissioned into the United States Navy on completion as USS ''Western Maid'', with the pennant number ID-3703. In 1919 she was decommissioned and returned to the USSB. In 1937 she was passed to the United States Maritime Commission. In 1940 she was transferred to the British Ministry of Shipping and renamed ''Empire Cormorant'', passing to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) in 1941. In 1945 she was scuttled in the North Atlantic with a cargo of obsolete war ''matériel''.
==Description==
The ship was built in 1918 by Northwest Steel Co, Portland Oregon.〔 Yard number 13,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General Cargo Ships Built in Pacific Coast Shipyards )〕 she was launched in August 1918, and completed that month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=S.S. Western Maid (American Freighter, 1918). Served as USS Western Maid (ID # 3703) in 1918-1919 )〕
She had a depth of 〔 or and a draught of 24 feet inch (7.33 m). Her tonnages were ,〔 5,139 tons under deck;〔 〔 .〔
Her engine was a steam turbine made by the De Laval Steam Turbine Co of Trenton, New Jersey. It was rated at 594 NHP and drove her single screw propeller ''via'' double reduction gearing.〔 This made her a comparatively fast freighter for her day, capable of up to .〔
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