Paysandu ID-3880

Paysandu

(ID 3880: dp. 9004; 1. 375'8"; b. 46'7"; dr. 24'; s. 11 k.)

Paysandu, built as Bahia by Reiherstieg Schiffswerke & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg, Germany, for the HamburgSudamerikanische Dampfshifffahrts Ges., in 1898, sorved that company until interned at Montevideo, Uruguay, during World War I. Taken over by that country's government and subsequently transferred to the custody of the United States Shipping Board, she sailed from Montevideo 30 September 1918. After reaching New York she was mod)fied to carry troops and on 29 January 1919 she was taken over by the Navy for use as a transport to return American troops to the United States. Six months later, on 29 July 1919, she was placed out of service and turned over to the Shipping Board for return to her owner, the Uruguyan government.