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Photo #: NH 65086

S.S. West Madaket
(American Freighter, 1918)

Launching, at the Skinner and Eddy shipyard, Seattle, Washington, 5 October 1918.
Turned over to the Navy upon completion, this steamer was placed in commission as USS West Madaket (ID # 3636) on 30 October 1918. She was decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 7 May 1919.

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Image posted 18 February 2006