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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 102368

SS West Alsek
(American Freighter, 1918)

Underway during builder's trials, off Seattle, Washington, on 4 June 1918, while painted in pattern camouflage.
Built in 78 working days by the Skinner & Eddy Corporation, of Seattle, this steamship was acquired by the Navy on the day of her trials and placed in commission as USS West Alsek (ID # 3119). She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 27 January 1919.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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1 March 2004