home. In September 1919 and again if February 1920 the ship had faced onboard influenza but in total, including the influenza, lost only four Army men during her transport service. On 13 September 1919 Maui departed Norfolk, Virginia with a load of government owned coal for San Francisco where she would be decommissioned and returned to Matson upon unloading. Post war commercial service By January 1920 Maui had been restored to commercial configuration and had made two trips to Hawaii on her regular schedule. After renovation at Bethlehem Shipbuilding's Union Plant the ship departed for Honolulu on 5 May with full cargo and complete list of passengers for the first time since the war. Due to the difficult economic circumstances prevailing during the Great Depression, she was laid up at San Francisco in 1933. In 1934, Maui was converted into a cargo ship and returned to commercial operations. In November 1941 she was involved in a collision in San Francisco Bay. United States Army Transport On 3 December 1941, the United States Army purchased Maui for World War II service, converted her into a troop transport, and placed her in service as the United States Army Transport USAT Maui. Maui was part of a particularly important convoy, Number 2033 escorted by departing San Francisco on 12 February 1942 arriving at Brisbane, Australia on 5 March, that transported Army air units, planes and supplies to Australia to reinforce that area against Japanese advances in the Southwest Pacific. She operated in the Pacific Ocean for the remainder of World War II, carrying personnel and cargo to Alaska, the South Pacific, the Southwest Pacific, the Philippines, and, after the end of the war in August 1945, to Japan. Maui completed her Army service in early 1946 and was transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal entering the reserve fleetat Olympia, Washington 30 August 1946 and totally stripped by 19 September 1947. On 16 January 1948 the ship was sold to Zidell Ship Dismantling Company for $40,000 scrapped in 1948. Footnotes References Bibliography External links Standing in the middle of his men who have just entered their bunk space aboard the USAT Maui at Pier 3, Fort Mason, 22 Aug 1942. (photo) Photos of Maui launch and fitting out. NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Maui (ID 1514) Geared Turbine Passenger Ship Maui (Detailed International Marine Engineering technical article with diagrams including ship