After completion on 15 October 1918, the ship was immediately commissioned into the U.S. Navy as USS West Loquassuck (ID-3638), just weeks before the end of the war.

[7] West Loquassuck was powered by a Curtis geared steam turbine driving a single screw propeller, delivering a service speed of 11.5 knots.

[7] After completing her sea trials, West Loquassuck set sail for Chile to load a cargo of guano for delivery to Charleston, South Carolina.

[7] From Charleston, West Loquassuck next departed for Galveston, Texas to load a shipment of cotton bound for the United Kingdom, which was duly delivered to Falmouth, England on 17 February 1919.

The Ellis Island database records that West Loquasuck made a voyage from Bordeaux, France to New York in 1920, arriving 21 December.