The ship was built in 1910 by J.C. Tecklenborg A.G., Geestemunde, Germany, and was operated as SS Ockenfels by the Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa (German Steamship Company Hansa), until interned at New York at the outbreak of World War I.
The ship was built in 1910 by J.C. Tecklenborg A.G., Geestemunde, Germany, and was operated as SS Ockenfels by the Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa (German Steamship Company Hansa), until interned at New York at the outbreak of World War I.