File:SS West Arrow.jpg

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English: 5,589 GRT cargo steamship West Arrow under way. Skinner & Eddy Corp of Seattle, Washington built launched her as J.C. Eddy on 23 May 1918. She was considered for acquisition by the US Navy in World War I and assigned the registry ID # 2585, but was not taken over.
The US Shipping Board renamed her West Arrow and owned her until 1935, when the British shipping company Cairns, Young and Noble of Newcastle-upon-Tyne bought her and renamed her Black Osprey. The German submarined U-96 sank her in the North Atlantic in 1941.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
US Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Source U.S. Naval Historical Center Photo #: NH 83443-A
Author U.S. Navy
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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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current09:11, 17 September 2023Thumbnail for version as of 09:11, 17 September 2023846 × 562 (69 KB)BeaoCropped 2 % horizontally, 2 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode. Removed border.
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20:35, 2 September 2008Thumbnail for version as of 20:35, 2 September 2008740 × 544 (99 KB)Bellhalla{{Information |Description={{en|S.S. ''West Arrow'' (American Freighter, 1918) Underway at the time her construction was completed by the Skinner & Eddy Corporation, Seattle, Washington, in mid-1918. Originally named ''J.C. Eddy'', this ship was launched
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