Photo #: NH 102524
S.S. West Lewark (American Freighter, 1921)
In port, probably upon completion of construction. Photograph
is dated June 1921, when the ship was inspected by the Navy and
assigned registry ID # 4490.
West Lewark was the first of five ships of Shipping Board
design 1013 ordered from the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company, San Pedro, California, during World War I. Her
construction was cancelled on 19 September 1919, but she was
completed to an enlarged design.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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