SS Western Maid

Western Maid, 13 August 1918
History
Name
  • Western Maid (1918)
  • USS Western Maid (1918-19)
  • Western Maid (1919-41)
  • Empire Cormorant (1941-45)
Owner
  • United States Shipping Board (1918)
  • United States Navy (1918-19)
  • United States Shipping Board (1919-37)
  • United States Maritime Commission (1937-40)
  • Ministry of Shipping (1940-41)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1941-45)
Operator
  • United States Shipping Board (1918)
  • Naval Overseas Transportation Service (1918-19)
  • United States War Department (1919)
  • United States Shipping Board (1919-37)
  • United States Maritime Commission (1937-40)
  • R Chapman & Son (1940-45)
Port of registry
  • United States Portland, United States (1918-40)
  • United Kingdom London (1940-45)
BuilderNorthwest Steel Co
Yard number13
Launched8 July 1918
CompletedAugust 1918
Commissioned17 August 1918
Decommissioned20 March 1919
Maiden voyage21 August 1918
In service21 August 1918
Out of service1 October 1945
Identification
FateScuttled
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship[1]
Tonnage
Length409.8 feet (124.9 m) between perpendiculars;[1] 423 ft 9 in (129.16 m) overall[citation needed]
Beam54.2 ft (16.5 m)[1]
Draught24 feet 0½ inch (7.33 m)[citation needed]
Depth27.2 ft (8.3 m)[1] or 29 ft 9 in (9.07 m)[citation needed]
Installed power594 NHP[1]
PropulsionDeLaval double reduction-geared steam turbine;[1] single screw
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)[3]
Complement70[citation needed]
SS Western Maid is located in Oceans around British Isles
SS Western Maid
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Position of the scuttling of Empire Cormorant.

Western Maid was a 5,760 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1918 by the Northwest Steel Company, Portland, Oregon, USA. She was built for the United States Shipping Board (USSB), but was commissioned into the United States Navy on completion as USS Western Maid, with the pennant number ID-3703. In 1919 she was decommissioned and returned to the USSB. In 1937 she was passed to the United States Maritime Commission. In 1940 she was transferred to the British Ministry of Shipping and renamed Empire Cormorant, passing to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) in 1941. In 1945 she was scuttled in the North Atlantic with a cargo of obsolete war matériel.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1930. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1941. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ^ "SS Empire Cormorant [+1945]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 16 April 2011.