Construction
Jeannette Skinner was laid down as the commercial cargo ship SS J. M. Fox at Seattle by the Skinner and Eddy Corporation. Before she was launched, the Norwegian shipping firm Knut Knutsen OAS bought her and renamed her SS Jeannette Skinner. She was launched on 30 June 1917.
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