1942 Launched as SAMOSET; owned Socony-Vacuum Oil Co; named MOBILOIL
1943 Owned U.S. Maritime Commission; renamed CHIWAWA / AO-68
1947 Owned Cities Service Oil Co
1960-1961 Converted to bulk freighter by American Shipbuilding Co, Lorain, OH; new mid-body (Hull #554) built by Schlieker-Werst, Hamburg, Germany
1961 Owned Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co; renamed WALTER A. STERLING
1976 Lengthened 96'
1978 Converted to self-unloader
1985 Owned Rouge Steel Co (Ford Motor Co); renamed WILLIAM CLAY FORD
1989 Owned Lakes Shipping Co (Interlake Steamship Co); renamed LEE A. TREGURTHA
