World War II-related Service
William J. Riddle operated with Moore-McCormack Lines and the Waterman Steamship Corporation from 1945 to 1947. When hostilities ended in the Par East in mid-August 1945, the "Liberty ship" was steaming from Hawaii to the Philippines.
Converted to a cattle carrier the following year, she operated as such through the end of 1946. Changed back to a dry cargo carrier by March 1947, she voyaged to European and Mediterranean ports until the summer of 1947 when she was laid up in the U.S. Maritime Commission's National Defense Reserve Fleet and berthed in the James River, Virginia. She remained there for 10 years.
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