USAT Meigs

Not to be confused with USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116).

SS West Lewark, later USAT Meigs
History
United States
Name
  • West Lewark (1921–22)
  • USAT Meigs (1922–42)
Owner
OrderedBefore September 1919
BuilderLos Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Laid down30 July 1920
Launched24 February 1921
CompletedJune 1921
Acquiredby US Army 1922
Out of service19 February 1942
Renamed1922
FateSunk by Japanese air attack, 1942
General characteristics
Tonnage7,358 GRT, 5,310 NRT[1]
Displacement11,358 tons
Length430.7 ft (131.3 m)[1]
Beam54.3 ft (16.6 m)[1]
Draft26.2 ft (8.0 m)[1]
Installed power422 NHP[1]
Propulsion3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine,[1] single screw
Sensors and
processing systems		wireless direction finding

The USAT Meigs (sometimes incorrectly called USS Meigs) was a United States Army transport ship that was built in 1921 and sunk in Darwin Harbour in the first Japanese air raid against the Australia mainland on 19 February 1942.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lloyds (1931–32). "Lloyd's Register" (PDF). Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships. Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData). Retrieved 22 September 2014.