USS West Corum (ID-3982)

USS "West Corum" (ID-3982) was a cargo ship for the United States Navy in 1919. The ship was built as SS "West Corum" and reverted to that name at the end of her Navy service. During World War II, the ship was United States Army transport ship USAT "West Corum", later renamed to "Will H. Point" (sometimes listed as "William H. Point").

SS "West Corum" was a steam-powered ship built for the , "West Celeron", . (See ref #13)] According to the "Los Angeles Times", the , Waukegan, Edenton, West Segovia, . (see ref #4)]

The ship's movements under Army control are largely unknown, but in January 1941, "The New York Times" reported that USAT "West Corum" had arrived in New York from Puerto Rico. [cite news | title = Shipping and mails | work = The New York Times | date = 26 January 1941 | page = S8 ] Between February and March 1941, [In February, still "West Corum" (cite news | title = U. S. purchases another liner for a transport | work = Chicago Daily Tribune | date = 27 February 1941 | page = 7 ) In March, "Will H. Point" (cite news | author = Associated Press | title = Arrivals and clearances at Pacific ports | work = Los Angeles Times | date = 15 March 1941 | page = 12 )] the ship was renamed USAT "Will H. Point" (though some sources indicate "William H. Point" instead) in honor of a former officer in the Quartermaster Corps. [cite news | title = Recommendations for promotions in Army to be secret | work = The Washington Post | date = 29 March 1925 | page = 60 ]

Some other destinations for "Will H. Point" during her Army service are known. On 15 June 1941, the ship became the first ship to dock at the newly completed port facilities at Anchorage, Alaska. [Mighetto et al., p. 69.] From September 1943 to January 1944, "Will H. Point" sailed between ports in Australia and New Guinea. Sailing mostly in convoys, "Will H. Point" visited Gladstone, Brisbane, Caloundra, Townsville, and Milne Bay.cite web | title = Port Arrivals/Departures: West Corum | url = http://convoyweb.org.uk/ports/index.html?search.php?vessel=WEST+CORUM~armain | work = Arnold Hague's Ports Database | publisher = Convoy Web | date = | accessdaymonth = 26 September | accessyear = 2008 ]

After the war's end, "Will H. Point" is listed in the "Chicago Daily Tribune" as returning 11 U.S. Army personnel from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco in July 1946. [cite news | author = Associated Press | title = 5,100 veterans due today at N. Y., San Francisco | work = Chicago Daily Tribune | date = 14 July 1946 | page = 23 ] The following January, "Will H. Point" entered the NDRF|first=only at Astoria, Oregon, and was withdrawn for scrapping in August. [cite PMARS | shipname = Will H. Point | shipnumber = 5163 | date = | accessdaymonth = 26 September | accessyear = 2008 ]

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