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USS ''West Gate'' (ID-3216) was a cargo ship for the United States Navy during World War I. The ship was laid down as SS ''War Agate'', but she was launched in January 1918 as SS ''West Gate'' instead. SS ''West Gate'' was one of the steam-powered ''West'' boats that were built for the . They were steel-hulled cargo ships built on the West Coast of the United States for the World War I war effort. She was the 3rd ship built by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Company in Portland, Oregon. She was commissioned into the of the United States Navy in April 1918. After experiencing engine trouble on her first attempt at a transatlantic crossing, ''West Gate'' was unsuccessfully attacked by two German submarines in early July 1918 while returning to port for repairs. After successfully completing her trip to France, she began her second transatlantic trip in early October. In the early morning hours of 7 October, ''West Gate''s steering gear jammed and , another Navy cargo ship, collided with the ''West Gate'', sinking her. Seven men lost their lives in the accident. == Design and construction == The ship was laid down at the Columbia River Shipbuilding Company of Portland, Oregon under the name ''War Agate'' as part of an order for the British Admiralty.〔 Had she been sold to them, the ''War Agate'' would have been operated by the Cunard Line.〔 However, the commandeered and received title to all private shipbuilding projects in progress in mid-1917, which included the still-incomplete ''War Agate''.〔Crowell and Wilson, p. 321.〕 The ship was renamed ''West Gate'' by the time of her launching on 27 January 1918. She was one of the ''West'' ships, which 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 of the ''West'' ships were given names that began with the word ''West'',〔Crowell and Wilson, pp. 358–59.〕 and ''West Gate'' was the 3rd of some 30 ''West'' ships built at Columbia River Shipbuilding.〔 ''West Gate'' was , and was long (between perpendiculars)〔 and abeam. She had a steel hull that displaced 12,185 t with a mean draft of .〔 Her hold was deep.〔 ''West Gate''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 Gate (ID-3216)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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