USS West Alsek
cargo ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- USS West Alsek
- IMO number
- 2216415
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- cargo ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
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- Builder
- Skinner & Eddy
- Registered owner
- United States Shipping Board
- Operator
- United States Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About USS West Alsek
USS West Alsek (ID-3119) was a cargo ship in the United States Navy during World War I. She had been built as SS West Alsek for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as part of the West boats, cargo ships built on the West Coast of the United States. She sailed on two voyages for the U.S. Navy before she was decommissioned after the Armistice. West Alsek was selected for a test program by the addition of coal pulverizers—units that crushed coal and mixed it with air for injection into the boilers. She became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic ocean depending solely on pulverized coal. Test results showed that she sailed faster and used less coal than before the conversion. West Alsek was later abandoned by the USSB and scrapped in 1933.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is USS West Alsek now?
- USS West Alsek has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is USS West Alsek?
- USS West Alsek is a cargo ship.
- Who owns USS West Alsek?
- USS West Alsek is registered to United States Shipping Board and operated by United States Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has USS West Alsek been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for USS West Alsek appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).