 SS West Cheswald was a cargo ship for the United States Shipping Board ( USSB ) launched shortly after the end of World War I. The ship was inspected by the United States Navy for possible use as USS West Cheswald ( ID @-@ 4199 ) but was neither taken into the Navy nor ever commissioned under that name . West Cheswald was built in 1919 for the USSB , as a part of the West boats , a series of steel @-@ hulled cargo ships built on the West Coast of the United States for the World War I war effort , and was the 32nd ship built at Northwest Steel in Portland , Oregon . 
