She was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Fulmar.

She was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) in 1942 and renamed Hawaiian Shipper.

She was sold to the Waterman Steamship Corporation in 1969 and renamed Morning Light, she was scrapped in 1973 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Steam was supplied by two Foster Wheeler D type marine water tube boilers.

The ship was christened by Mrs F. A. Bailey, the wife of the vice president of the Matson Navigation Company.

[4] The United States Official Number 240590 and Code Letters WHEQ were allocated.

[5] Operated under the direction of the United States War Shipping Administration,[2] she was temporarily chartered to the Isthmian Line and sailed from New York on her maiden voyage on 26 May 1941.

Hawaiian Shipper then sailed for Honolulu, from where she sailed on 14 September for San Francisco, arriving on 19 September[6] Hawaiian Shipper was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Fulmar.

[3] She departed from San Francisco on 5 October for Los Angeles, California, arriving later that day.

[7] Empire Fulmar was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) later that month and renamed Hawaiian Shipper.

[3] Her original port of registry, Official Number and Code Letters were reinstated.

Hawaiian Shipper sailed for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 20 November, arriving the next day.

[11] She sailed on 27 February to join Convoy GUF 5,[6] which had departed from Oran, Algeria the previous day and arrived at the Hampton Roads on 11 March.

Hawaiian Shipper departed from New York on 16 May for Boston, Massachusetts, arriving two days later.

She then sailed to Reykjavík, Iceland, departing on 23 June for New York, where she arrived on 1 July.

She was carrying general cargo and 2,200 troops of the 15th Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army.

[20] Hawaiian Shipper left the convoy and put in to Palermo, Sicily, Italy on 7 November.

[21] She was a member of Convoy TU 3, which sailed from the Clyde on 30 November and arrived at New York on 11 December.

She sailed on 23 March for Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, arriving on 27 April.

Hawaiian Shipper sailed a week later for the Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, arriving on 16 October.

Hawaiian Shipper sailed two days later for Pearl Harbor, arriving on 17 November.

[24] She returned with Convoy IG 10, which sailed on 23 February and arrived at Hollandia on 2 March.

Hawaiian Shipper sailed the next day for San Francisco, where she arrived on 25 March.

[26] Hawaiian Shipper sailed on 1 August from Cristobal for Balboa,[6] News of the surrender of Japan reached the ship and her destination was changed.

[6] The last redeployment vessel to transit through the Panama Canal,[27] she brought home 1,819 troops.