 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Eurana yakanga iri ngarava inotakura zvinhu yakavakwa muna 1915 neUnion Iron Works yeSan Francisco. Apo ngarava yakanga ichivakwa, yakawanikwa naFrank Duncan McPherson Strachan kuti ishande muAtlantic trade. Muna 1917 ngarava yakatengeswa kuNafra Steamship Co. Muna September 1918 ngarava inotakura zvinhu yakatorwa neUnited States Navy kuti ishandiswe senzira yekufambisa munguva yeHondo Yenyika I. Muna 1930 iye pamwe chete nemidziyo yakati yakatengwa neCalmar Steamship Corporation ndokutumidzwa zita rokuti Alamar. Muna May 1942 apo aiva munzira achienda kuRussia aine mutoro wehondo sechikamu chekondomu PQ-16, yakarohwa nemabhomba anoverengeka uye yakabva yanyura. 