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Seisho Maru
''Seisho Maru'' ((日本語:盛祥丸),〔("Kenen Sareru Haisen Konran Honpo Shijo no Dageki" ), ''Kobe Yuushin Nippou'', May 25, 1934. in the newspaper collection of Kobe University 〕 ''Seishō Maru'' ) was a cargo ship for Mitsui Bussan Kaisho in military service that was sunk by an American submarine during World War II. The ship had been built as SS ''West Caruth'', a cargo ship for the shortly after the end of World War I. Shortly after completion, the ship was inspected by the United States Navy for possible use as USS ''West Caruth'' (ID-2850) but was neither taken into the Navy nor ever commissioned under that name. Before being sold to Japanese owners in 1928, she was also known as SS ''Exmoor'' and SS ''Antonio Tripcovich''. ''West Caruth'' was built in 1918 for the , as a part of the ''West'' boats, 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 second ship built at Southwestern Shipbuilding in San Pedro, California. After operating for four years under American registry, she was sold several times and operated under British, Italian, and Japanese registry throughout the remainder of her career. In November 1944, while serving as Japanese transport ''Seisho Maru'' during World War II, she was sunk by U.S. Navy submarine . == 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 Caruth'',〔Crowell and Wilson, pp. 358–59.〕 the second of some 18 ''West'' ships built by the Southwestern Shipbuilding of San Pedro, California.〔 ''West Caruth'' (Southwestern Shipbuilding No. 2)〔 was launched at 08:00 on 31 December 1918 by sponsor Betty Howard, the nine-year-old daughter of company vice president, William F. Howard,〔 and completed in February 1919.〔 ''West Caruth'' was ,〔 and was long (between perpendiculars) and abeam. The ship had a single triple-expansion steam engine that drove a single screw propeller, and moved the ship at up to .〔
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