 Information on West Cheswald 's early career is lacking , but records of some of her movements and cargo are available . On 30 September 1920 , West Cheswald took on a load of white sugar at Java and headed for the United States via the Suez Canal . While she was near Bermuda , West Cheswald was diverted from her original destination of New York to Philadelphia , to deliver her cargo in fulfillment of an order . Because the cargo had not been originally headed to Philadelphia , the purchasers refused to pay for it , believing that the voyage took too long . After litigation and various appeals , the case ended up before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1928 as Lamborn v. National Bank of Commerce , 276 U.S. 469 ( 1928 ) . The court found that under the contract signed , the purchasers were obligated for the sugar regardless of whether or not the ship had originally been destined for Philadelphia . West Cheswald was also reported in Hawaiian service during 1920 . The report of the Governor of Hawaii in the annual report of the United States Department of the Interior for the 1920 – 21 fiscal year , listed West Cheswald among the four USSB @-@ owned ships sailed to Hawaii by the Pacific Steamship Company . 
