Design and Construction
The West ships were cargo ships of similar size and design built by several shipyards on the West Coast of the United States for the United States Shipping Board for emergency use during World War I. All were given names that began with the word West, like West Compo, one of some 40 West ships built by Northwest Steel of Portland, Oregon. West Compo (Northwest Steel yard number 20, hull number 1080) was completed in January 1919.
West Compo was 5,700 gross register tons (GRT), and was 409 feet 5 inches (124.79 m) long (between perpendiculars) and 54 feet (16.5 m) abeam. West Compo had a steel hull and a mean draft of 24 feet 6 inches (7.47 m). She displaced 12,185 t, and had a deadweight tonnage of 8,635 DWT. The ship had a single steam turbine that drove her single screw propeller, and moved the ship at a 11.5-knot (21.3 km/h) pace.
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