Underway during builder's trials, off Seattle, Washington, on 19 June 1918. She was constructed in 78 working days by the Skinner & Eddy Corporation, of Seattle.
This steamship was acquired by the Navy on 20 June 1918 and placed in commission as USS West Apaum (ID # 3221). She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 25 July 1919.
Note her "dazzle" type pattern camouflage.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
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{{Information |Description={{en|SS ''West Apaum'' (American Freighter, 1918) Underway during builder's trials, off Seattle, Washington, on 19 June 1918. She was constructed in 78 working days by the Skinner & Eddy Corporation, of Seattle. This steamship