 The ship had picked up the $375,000 cargo in Philadelphia before sailing for San Diego.At some point after the United States entered World War II, "Pennsylvanian" was requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration (WSA), and, as with her pre-U.S. Navy service in World War I, she continued to be operated by American-Hawaiian.From July to September 1942, "Pennsylvanian" sailed between New York and Caribbean ports, calling at Trinidad, Key West, Hampton Roads, Guantánamo Bay, and Cristóbal.