USS West Coast (ID-3315) was a cargo ship for the United States Navy during World War I.

She was commissioned into the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) of the United States Navy in August 1918.

[1] West Coast (Columbia River Shipbuilding yard number 7)[1] was launched on 6 July 1918, and was completed on 9 August 1918.

[3] West Coast departed the Pacific Northwest on 15 August, bound for Chile to take on a load of guano.

The ship burned out a thrust-bearing in her turbine, however, and was forced to put into San Francisco on 17 August for extensive repairs which lasted until 7 December.

Hence West Coast's voyage to Chile was cancelled, and the cargo vessel was ordered to proceed via the Panama Canal to Norfolk, Virginia.