.jpg) USS Western Chief (ID-3161) in a European port in 1919.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Western Chief |
| Builder | Northwest Steel Company, Portland, Oregon |
| Launched | 20 April 1918 |
| Completed | 1918 |
| Acquired | 3 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 3 July 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 28 June 1919 |
| Stricken | 28 June 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to U.S. Shipping Board 28 June 1919 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Displacement | 12,185 tons |
| Length | 423 ft 9 in (129.16 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft 0 in (16.46 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m) (mean) |
| Depth | 29 ft 9 in (9.07 m) |
| Propulsion | One 2,500-ihp (1.864-mW) steam engine, one shaft |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Complement | 99 |
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USS Western Chief (ID-3161) was a cargo ship of the United States Navy that served during World War I and its immediate aftermath. As SS Western Chief, she was sunk during World War II after being sold to the United Kingdom for use as a merchant ship.