Category:Chepo (ship, 1919)

SS West Pocasset 

20th century steam cargo ship
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58° 30′ 00″ N, 19° 40′ 00″ W
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Ship[edit]

• Type: General cargo steamship
• Built by: Northwest Steel, Portland, Oregon
• Yard No: 34
• Keel laid: 1919.05.05
• Launched: 1919.08.18
• Completed: 1919.10.09
• Length over all: 409.8 ft
• Beam: 54.2 ft
• GT: 5707
• DWT: 8583
• shipbuildinghistory.com

History[edit]

• 1921 Named West Pocasset; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 218963
  • Call sign: LTBM, from 1934 KLCV
  • Port: Portland
• 1941 Renamed Chepo; Flag: Panama
  • Call sign: HPSN
• 1942.01.14 Sunk by U-43 at 58° 30′ 0″ N, 19° 40′ 0″ W