Civilian Service
Pacific Mail Steamship Company operated her as a passenger and cargo ship from 28 May 1921. On 6 August she started her maiden voyage, which was from Seattle to the Far East.
In 1922 she was renamed President McKinley on 9 June and transferred to Admiral Oriental Lines on 21 December. She was transferred to American Mail Line in 1926 and laid up in Seattle in 1938.
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