Building and Pre-war Service
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy, Massachusetts built the ship as SS Veragua for United Fruit Company in 1932. She was one of six UFC sister ships driven by turbo-electric transmission. United Fruit placed Veragua on express liner services between Central America and New York.
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