Image: USS West Apaum (ID-3221)
Description: SS West Apaum (American Freighter, 1918) Underway during builder's trials, off Seattle, Washington, on 19 June 1918. She was constructed in 78 working days by the Skinner & Eddy Corporation, of Seattle. This steamship was acquired by the Navy on 20 June 1918 and placed in commission as USS West Apaum (ID # 3221). She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 25 July 1919. Note her "dazzle" type pattern camouflage. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Title: USS West Apaum (ID-3221)
Credit: "NH 102369 SS West Apaum". U.S. Naval Historical Center.
Author: U.S. Navy
Permission: This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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