USS West Avenal
Cargo ship
In short
USS West Avenal (Cargo ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar. Registered owner: United States Shipping Board (source: Wikidata).
- Vessel type
- Cargo ship
- Flag
- —
- Year built
- —
- Gross tonnage
- 5,692
- Size (length × beam)
- 125 m × 16 m
- Registered owner
- United States Shipping Board

Last reported position
No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- USS West Avenal
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 2217522
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- —
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- Cargo ship
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 5,692
- Length overall
- 125.1 m
- Beam
- 16.5 m
- Year built
- —
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Ownership & management
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- Registered owner
- United States Shipping Board(not linked to a company record)Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.6 · retrieved Jun 10, 2026
- Operator
- United States Navy(not linked to a company record)Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.6 · retrieved Jun 10, 2026
- Builder
- Western Pipe and Steel CompanyName on the vessel record; the original source was not recorded.
About USS West Avenal
USS West Avenal (ID-3871) was a cargo ship in the United States Navy during World War I. She had been built as SS West Avenal for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as part of the West boats, a series of steel-hulled cargo ships built on the West Coast of the United States. West Avenal was launched in October 1918 by the Western Pipe and Steel Company of San Francisco, California, and delivered to the US Navy when she was completed in February 1919. After she was commissioned and had taken on a load of flour, West Avenal sailed to Norfolk, Virginia, where she was decommissioned in early April. Though little is available regarding West Avenal's civilian career, she is known from contemporary news account to have visited ports in Spain, Italy, France, Brazil and Uruguay in the early 1920s.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is USS West Avenal now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for USS West Avenal in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is USS West Avenal?
- USS West Avenal is a cargo ship. The vessel is 125.1 m long with a beam of 16.5 m and has a gross tonnage of 5,692.
- Who is recorded as the owner or manager of USS West Avenal?
- United States Shipping Board is recorded as Registered owner for USS West Avenal (source: Wikidata). This source record does not independently confirm today’s ownership or management.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for USS West Avenal?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for USS West Avenal 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 USS West Avenal. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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