Photo #: NH 65092
S.S. West Lashaway (American Freighter, 1918)
Afloat immediately after launching, at the Skinner and Eddy shipyard,
Seattle, Washington, 12 September 1918.
Completed a few weeks later, this steamship was turned over to
the Navy on 30 September 1918 and placed in commission as USS
West Lashaway (ID # 3700) on 1 October 1918. Following
operation by the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, she was
decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 12
April 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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