West Maximus, a 12,225-ton steam cargo ship, was built in 1918 at Seattle, Washington. It was intended that she would become USS West Maximus (ID # 3924), but the Navy's need for her evaporated with the end of World War I and she was not taken over. The ship operated as a merchantman for the rest of her career. During World War II, West Maximus carried cargo in support of the European war effort. She was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-264 on the night of 4-5 May 1943, while crossing the Atlantic westbound with Convoy ONS-5.
This page features our best view of the cargo ship West Maximus.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
21 January 2001