Category:USAT Meigs (ship, 1921)

USAT Meigs 

United States Army transport ship sunk in Darwin Harbour
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Instance of	ship
Location	Northern Territory, AUS
Operator	United States Navy
Manufacturer	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division
Country of registry	United States of America
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	19 February 1942 (Bombing of Darwin, sinking)
Significant event	Bombing of Darwin
Different from	USS General M. C. Meigs
12° 29′ 15.72″ S, 130° 49′ 04.8″ E
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Ship edit

• Type: Cargo ship, then transport
• Built by: Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. San Pedro, CA
• Yard No: 31
• Keel laid: 1920.07.30
• Launched: 1921.02.24
• Delivered: 1921.06
• Length over all: 430 ft
• Beam: 54 ft
• GRT: 7358
• DWT:
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• www.navsource.org

History edit

• 1921 Named SS West Lewark
  • Official number: 221330
  • Owner: United States Shipping Board
  • Evaluated for naval use with a temporary designation of ID-4490
  • Allocated to Williams, Diamone & Co. for the Pacific Coast-European trade
• 1922 Transferred to War Department Transportation Corp.; renamed USAT Meigs
  • Operated in Pacific as freight and animal transport
• 1941 Assigned to U.S. Navy, hull number AK-34
• 1941.12 Assignment cancelled
• 1942.02.19 Bombed and sunk by Japanese planes attacking Darwin harbor