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Design 1013 Ships: MS West Honaker, USS West Bridge, SS Mauna Loa, SS West Nohno, SS West Cheswald, SS Empire Simba, SS West Lashaway

Design 1013 Ships: MS West Honaker, USS West Bridge, SS Mauna Loa, SS West Nohno, SS West Cheswald, SS Empire Simba, SS West Lashaway


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: MS West Honaker, USS West Bridge, SS Mauna Loa, SS West Nohno, SS West Cheswald, SS Empire Simba, SS West Lashaway, SS West Elcajon, SS West Hosokie, SS West Eldara, SS West Gotomska, SS West Maximus, SS West Humhaw, SS West Cressey, USS West Hobomac, USS West Elcasco, SS West Mahomet, USS Western Front, SS West Loquassuck, USS Absaroka. Excerpt: MS West Honaker was a diesel-powered cargo ship of the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) that was part of the "Corncob Fleet" of old ships sunk as part of the "gooseberry" breakwater off Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion. The ship was originally built as SS West Honaker, a steam-powered cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), a predecessor of the USMC. At the time of her completion in 1920, the ship was inspected by the United States Navy for possible use as USS West Honaker (ID-4455) but was neither taken into the Navy nor ever commissioned under that name. West Honaker was built in 1920 for the USSB, as a part of the West boats, a series of steel-hulled cargo ships built on the West Coast of the United States for the World War I war effort, and was the 28th ship built at Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in San Pedro, California. In 1926, West Honaker was outfitted with diesel engines that replaced her original steam engines as part of a pilot program by the USSB. After her conversion, she sailed on a New York - Australia route. On her second trip to Australia, from August 1927 to March 1928, she became the first diesel ship to circumnavigate the globe. In 1929, she began sailing for an around-the-world cargo service from the Pacific coast to South Africa By the late 1930s, she had been laid up, but was reactivated for merchant service prior to World War II. She sailed to Australia and New Zealand until after the United States'...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156726044
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 77 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156726042
  • Publisher Date: 16 Sep 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: MS West Honaker, USS West Bridge, SS Mauna Loa, SS West Nohno, SS West Cheswald, SS Empire Simba, SS West Lashaway
  • Width: 189 mm


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