Alan-A-Dale

Nordvest under way
History
Name	1938: Nordvest 1941: Alan-A-Dale
Owner	1938: D/S Norden 1941: US Maritime Commission
Operator	1938: P Brown Jr, & Co 1941: Union SS Co of NZ
Port of registry	1938: Copenhagan 1941: Panama
Builder	Nakskov Skibsværft A/S, Nakskov
Yard number	85
Completed	June 1938
Identification	1938: call sign OYWQ 1941: call sign HPWV
Fate	Sunk December 23, 1944
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	4,702 GRT, 2,774 NRT
Length	122.3 m (401.4 ft)
Beam	17.5 m (57.3 ft)
Depth	7.6 m (24.9 ft)
Decks	1 + shelter deck
Installed power	2,300 bhp (1,715 kW), 808 NHP
Propulsion	2 × screws 2 × two-stroke diesel engines
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	65
Sensors and processing systems	wireless direction finding

Alan-A-Dale was a cargo motor ship that was built in Denmark in 1938 as Nordvest. In the Second World War the United States requisitioned her in 1941 and renamed her Alan-A-Dale. In 1944 she was sunk by enemy action off the coast of the Netherlands.