Construction and Service, 1909-1918
Jean was built as the depot collier SS Jean in 1909 at Newport News, Virginia, by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. The United States Army took control of her at Newport News in September 1917 for World War I service under a bareboat charter from her owner, A. H. Bull Steamship Company of New York City. She operated for the Army with a civilian crew, probably in European waters, before returning in August 1918 to Newport News, where she was transferred to the United States Shipping Board on a U.S. Army account.
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