[3] Glorieta was built as the Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1049 cargo ship at the Albina Engine & Machinery Works Inc. shipyard in Portland, Oregon as the yard's hull number 13 in 1919.

[5] Managua departed Charleston, South Carolina on 13 June 1942 for Havana, Cuba with a cargo of Potash with a stopover at Jacksonville, Florida.

At 04.01 am on 16 June, Managua was hit on the port side in #3 hold by a torpedo from the German submarine U-67 about 45 nautical miles (83 km) southwest of Sombrero Lighthouse in the Straits of Florida.

The following explosion broke the back of Managua which caused her to list to her port side and sank by the stern in 11 minutes.

All 25 crew members safely evacuated the ship in two lifeboats and two rafts but weren't able to send a distress signal.