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SS Black Osprey

steamship

IMONo IMONo AIS position on record

In short

SS Black Osprey (steamship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type
steamship
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Year built
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Gross tonnage
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Size (length × beam)
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Registered owner
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Photo of SS Black Osprey
Photo: Louis Claes · Licence: CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Last reported position

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name
SS Black Osprey
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
2216012
Flag
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Vessel type
steamship
Length overall
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Beam
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Year built
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Ownership & management

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Operator
United States Navy(not linked to a company record)
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.6 · retrieved Jun 10, 2026
Builder
Skinner & Eddy
Name on the vessel record; the original source was not recorded.

About SS Black Osprey

SS Black Osprey was a Design 1013 cargo steamship that was built in the First World War for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). She was laid down in 1917 as Jas. G. Eddy, but launched in 1918 as West Arrow. By 1926, American Diamond Lines was operating her on its transatlantic cargo service to Belgium. American Diamond Lines bought her in 1931, and renamed her Black Osprey in 1935. In 1940 the United Kingdom Ministry of Shipping bought her. In 1941, a German U-boat sank her by torpedo. West Arrow was one of the "West" boats; a series of cargo steamships built on the West Coast of the United States for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The United States Navy inspected her for possible use as a naval cargo ship. She was assigned the Naval Registry Identification Number ID-2585, but was never requisitioned or commissioned.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is SS Black Osprey now?
Voydar has no displayable AIS position for SS Black Osprey in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is SS Black Osprey?
SS Black Osprey is a steamship.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for SS Black Osprey?
Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for SS Black Osprey from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for SS Black Osprey. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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