Operational History
Pan Kraft was launched as West Kader on July 2, 1919 and delivered to the Shipping Board on December 31, 1919. She made her maiden voyage between Portland, Oregon and the Far East on January 8, 1920, and in August of the same year made a trip to Cork, Ireland. From April 1920 to April 1928, West Kader continued to operate from Portland, Oregon to China, Japan, Russia, the Philippines and Hong Kong.
On June 4, 1928, West Kader was sold by the U.S. Shipping Board to the States Steamship Company of Portland, Oregon, who renamed her New York. Her homeport remained Portland until 1937 when she was sold to the Everett Steamship Company of Mobile, Alabama, who renamed her Pan Kraft and homeported her in Mobile.
Pan Kraft was acquired by Pan Atlantic Steamship Corporation in 1939 though her homeport remained Mobile, but after Waterman Steamship became manager of the vessel, she was re-homeported in Wilmington, Delaware.
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