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USS ''West Coast'' (ID-3315) was a cargo ship for the United States Navy during World War I. The ship was laid down as SS ''War Dagger'' but launched in July 1918 as SS ''West Coast'' and reverted to that name at the end of her Navy service. SS ''West Coast'' was a steam-powered for the as 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. She was the 7th ship built by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Company in Portland, Oregon. She was commissioned into the of the United States Navy in August 1918. After two transatlantic roundtrips, she was decommissioned in May 1919 and returned to the . Little is known of ''West Coast''s subsequent civilian career. She was scrapped at Baltimore, Maryland in the fourth quarter of 1930. == 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 the First World War. All were given names that began with the word ''West'', like ''West Coast'',〔Crowell and Wilson, pp. 358–59.〕 the 7th of some 30 ''West'' ships built by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Company of Portland, Oregon.〔 ''West Coast'' (Columbia River Shipbuilding yard number 7)〔 was launched on 6 July 1918, and was completed on 9 August 1918.〔 ''West Coast'' was , and was long (between perpendiculars)〔 and abeam. She had a steel hull that displaced 12,200 t with a mean draught of .〔 Her hold was deep.〔 ''West Coast''s power plant consisted of a single steam turbine driving 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「USS West Coast (ID-3315)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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