Two days later, the cargo ship got underway for New York harbor, proceeded down Delaware Bay, and dropped anchor off Tompkinsville, Staten Island, on the morning of 27 January.

There, she loaded 5,236 tons of general cargo (including a large quantity of wheat flour) and prepared for her maiden voyage.

However, her engineers discovered several split condenser tubes in her boilers before the trip could begin, and an inspection board convened and visited the ship on 15 February.

By that time, the Navy had apparently decided to demobilize her, and, on the afternoon of 22 February 1919, representatives of the USSB accepted custody of the ship when she was decommissioned.

She remained in the USSB fleet into the early 1930s, very probably laid up due to postwar austerity measures in the American merchant marine."