English: S.S. West Avenal (American Freighter, 1919). Probably photographed circa January 1919, when she was first completed by the Western Pipe & Steel Company, South San Francisco, California. This freighter was taken over by the Navy on 1 February 1919 and placed in commission as USS West Avenal (ID # 3871). She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 5 April 1919.
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(Description: ''West Avenal'', a cargo ship built by [[Western Pipe and Steel Company|Western Pipe & Steel]] for the [[U.S. Shipping Board]] in [[World War I]]. The vessel was the third ship to be built by WPS, and was delivered on February 1st 1919, too l)
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