SS Maui

[3] A deep tank between #2 and #3 holds, extending to the lower deck, was provided for carriage of molasses or fuel oil with a dedicated pump for loading and unloading.

[6] There was some uncertainty concerning the turbine teeth and surfaces as the delivery of engines had been rushed so that full testing in the factory had not taken place.

[6] Three ten ton Brunswick Refrigeration Company compressors chilled galley and pantry units and a large cluster of separate chill rooms for various classes of stores in a special gallery of 85 feet (25.9 m) by 30 feet (9.1 m) served by a handling room and a larger space for refrigerated cargo.

[10] The sugar industry and islands received a "shock" with news announced in early June 1917 of a cable from President Matson concerning the fact the government would take over Maui for wartime service when she reached San Francisco on a voyage already underway and Matsonia as soon as she returned from the round trip.

[10] Maui was one of the vessels requisitioned for World War I service with the United States Shipping Board and, on the anniversary of her launch, on 23 December 1917 sailed through the Golden Gate for the Atlantic stopping at Tocopilla, Chile to load nitrates.

[13] On 15 April the first of 478 troops bound for France on the ship's first wartime voyage came aboard with sailing the next day to join a convoy led by USS Seattle but suffered loss of her port engine, found to be failure of the thrust bearing due to blockage in lubricant, and was ordered back to port where another mishap on 21 April cost the life of seaman second class C. F. Conway and near loss of rescuers.

[15] By the first anniversary of the ship's commissioning, 6 March 1919, she had made seven round trips to France and was tied up at Army Pier Number 1 at Hoboken.

[22] On 4 May troops of 109th Infantry, an element of the 28th Division, were returned to Philadelphia where the city turned out and a regatta was planned; one disrupted when Maui demonstrated full speed upstream at 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) leaving the welcoming boats behind and arriving an hour early.

[22] On 13 September 1919 Maui departed Norfolk, Virginia with a load of government owned coal for San Francisco where she would be decommissioned and returned to Matson upon unloading.

[26] After renovation at Bethlehem Shipbuilding's Union Plant the ship departed for Honolulu on 5 May with full cargo and complete list of passengers for the first time since the war.

[4] Maui completed her Army service in early 1946 and was transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal entering the reserve fleet at Olympia, Washington, on 30 August 1946 and totally stripped by 19 September 1947.

High and low pressure turbines for Maui .
Main dining salon of Matson liner Maui in 1917.
USS Maui in 1919.
Maui , probably in port at Honolulu ca. 1920.