Category:Western Plains (ship, 1918)

Ship[edit]

• Type: General cargo ship
• Built by: Columbia River Shipbuilding, Portland, Oregon
• Yard No: 8
• USSB#: 1647
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1918.10
• Length over all: 423.9 ft
• Beam: 54.2 ft
• GT: 5688
• DWT:
• www.navsource.org
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk

History[edit]

• Built as Nivelle
• 1918 Named Western Plains; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 216976
• 1918.10.17 Renamed Western Plains (ID-3741); Flag: United States
  • Owner: U.S. Navy
• 1919.04 Renamed Western Plains; Flag: United States
  • Code letteres: LNBV
  • Port: Portland, Oregon
  • Owner: U.S. Shipping Board
• 1933 Abandoned
• 1936 Scrapped