World War II Services
Following a shakedown cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship transited the Panama Canal on 19 February and headed for Terminal Island, California, where she was turned over to A. J. Bull & Co. for operation under contract to the War Shipping Administration.
She performed several resupply missions in the Pacific Ocean theater, carrying aircraft as well as other materiel and some troops.
Following the end of World War II, the War Shipping Administration transferred her contract to the Waterman Steamship Corporation, which firm operated her from Mobile, Alabama. In the summer of 1947, SS Raymond Van Brogan was taken out of service and berthed with the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Mobile, Alabama.
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