Rogday was at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 15 November 1918 when the United States Shipping Board acquired her and transferred her to the U.S. Navy the same day.

In 1921, the Russians sold Rogday to the Père Marquette Line Steamers Company of Grand Haven, Michigan, which renamed her SS Nevada and placed her back in commercial service on the Great Lakes.

Nevada remained in service on the Great Lakes until 1942 or 1943, being sold successively to the Muskegon Dock & Fuel Company of Muskegon, Michigan, in 1935 – when her appearance was greatly altered when she was converted to a roll-on/roll-off vehicle and cargo carrier – then to the Wisconsin and Michigan Steamship Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1940, and finally to the Sand Products Corporation of Milwaukee in 1941.

In 1942[1] or 1943,[2] Nevada's Great Lakes career finally came to an end when the United States Maritime Commission purchased her for use on the high seas during World War II.

On 15 December 1943 she was abandoned during a gale in the North Atlantic off South Carolina; although 34 members of her crew lost their lives, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Comanche (WPG-76) managed to save 29 others in a "dramatic and difficult feat of seamanship.