United States Navy Service, 1918-1919
The U.S. Navy had inspected Jean in 1917 for possible naval service, and acquired her from the Shipping Board for World War I service on 30 August 1918. Assigned Identification Number (Id. No.) 1308, she was commissioned the same day as USS Jean with Lieutenant Commander Daniel A. Sullivan in command.
Assigned to the 5th Naval District under the control of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Jean operated on a bareboat charter from A. H. Bull Steamship Company. She took aboard 2,181 tons of general cargo at Norfolk, Virginia, and departed on 30 September 1918 for Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, to join an Atlantic convoy of American and British ships which departed 7 October 1918 for Bordeaux, France. She was diverted to Brest, France, where she arrived on 21 October 1918 with supplies for war-ravaged Europe. Steaming from Brest on 22 October 1918, Jean visited the ports of La Pallice, Bordeaux, and Le Verdon-sur-Mer. She sailed out of Verdon harbor on 3 November 1918 and arrived at Newport News on 24 November 1918. During this voyage, World War I ended on 11 November 1918.
Jean refueled, loaded 3,164 tons of cargo, and departed on 30 December 1918 for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, via Barbados. She arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 27 January 1919, exchanged her cargo of coal for coffee beans, and departed for New York City via Santos, Brazil. She arrived at New York on 20 March 1919 and discharged her cargo.
Jean was decommissioned on 15 April 1919 at Hoboken, New Jersey. She was transferred to the Shipping Board that day for simultaneous return to the A. H. Bull Steamship Company.
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