Construction and Early Career, 1913-1918
Buena Ventura was built as a commercial cargo ship in 1913 at Howden-on-Tyne, England, by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Ltd.. The United States Steel Products Company of New York City owned her when the United States Shipping Board requisitioned her for World War I service in 1917. The Shipping Board assigned her to the United States Army, for which she began operations in 1917 with a United States Navy Naval Armed Guard detachment aboard to man her guns.
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