SS Empire Chamois
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Co |
| Yard number | 6 |
| Launched | 16 April 1918 |
| Completed | May 1918 |
| Commissioned | 21 May 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1919 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 12,175 Tons (USS West Mount) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 54 ft 2 in (16.51 m) |
| Draught | 23 feet 11+3⁄4 inches (7.309 m) |
| Depth | 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) |
| Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine |
| Propulsion | Screw propeller |
| Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h) |
| Crew | 75 (USS West Mount) |
| Armament | 1 x 3" gun (USS West Mount) |
SS Empire Chamois was a 5,864 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1918 by Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Co, Seattle. She was ordered by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique but was requisitioned by the United States Navy and commissioned as USS West Mount with the pennant number ID-3202 in 1918. She was decommissioned in May 1919 and passed to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as SS Westmount. In 1927 she was sold to the Dimon Steamship Corporation and renamed SS Pacific Redwood. She returned to the USSB in 1932 and passed to the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) in 1937. In 1940, she was passed to the Ministry of Shipping, passing to the Ministry of War Transport in 1941 and being renamed SS Empire Chamois. She was sold to Astral Shipping Co Ltd in 1946 and renamed SS Granview. In 1949 she was sold to the Compagnia Maritime del Este, Panama and renamed SS Chamois, serving until 1958 when she was scrapped. She was the last Ames-built ship afloat.