 On 6 September , West Cheswald began another , similar voyage to Africa . In addition to calling at many of the same ports she visited on her first trip , she visited the port of Beira , Mozambique for the first time in early November . The ship was in transit from Cape Town to Trinidad on 7 December during the Attack on Pearl Harbor , and by the time she arrived at Boston on 27 December , the United States had joined the Allies of World War II in declaring war against the Axis powers . 
