 The ship was originally delivered as SS "Indian Mail" a class C5-S-75a ship, to American Mail Line Ltd., of Seattle in 1968 as one of five C5-S-75a class breakbulk cargo container ships (the others being SS "Alaskan Mail", SS "American Mail", SS "Korea Mail", and SS "Hong Kong Mail").With the onset of containerization, this type of cargo ship was approaching obsolescence, but this class was well equipped for handling a wide variety of cargoes.The ship was later acquired by American President Lines and name was changed to SS "President Jackson".