Commercial Service
In 1948, Cecil was purchased by the Isthmian Steamship Company which registered her in New York as Steel Admiral.
Steel Admiral remained in service with Isthmian Steamship until 1973, when she was taken to Kaohsiung, Taiwan and scrapped in October of the same year.
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