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S.S. President Johnson, formerly the S.S. Manchuria, built in 1903. The ship was requisitioned by The United States Shipping Board and became a troop carrier for the US Army carrying upwards of 5000 soldiers per voyage. She made 13 round trips to Europe before being returned to her owners in 1919. In 1928 she was renamed the S.S. President Johnson and sold to Dollar Steamship Lines. All old first class quarters were stripped and replaced with seventy-five staterooms and twenty-five new private baths for 175 first class passengers. All public rooms were renovated, a steel tank swimming pool was added on deck, a new deck house was built as a smoking room, and the “verandah cafe” with a 2400 square foot “play ground” above was added.