USS Shoshone ( ID - 1760 ) USS " Shoshone " ( ID - 1760 ) was a transport that served in the United States Navy in 1919 . " Shoshone " ( ID - 1760 ) , first U . S . Navy ship of the name , was built in 1911 by Bremer Vulkan at Vegesack , Germany , and operated as a passenger - cargo ship by the Hamburg - America Line as SS " Wasgenwald " . " Wasgenwald " was chartered for World War I service by the United States Army on 26 October 1917 from the Custom House , New York , and used as a depot collier with the name SS " Shoshone " . " Shoshone " was acquired by the U . S . Navy for use as a troop transport , assigned Id . No . 1760 , armed , and placed in commission as USS " Shoshone " on 19 February 1919 . She was attached to the Cruiser and Transport Force and , between February and July 1919 , made two voyages to St . Nazaire , France , returning to the United States with American troops coming home from World War I service in Europe . " Shoshone " was decommissioned at Norfolk , Virginia , on 5 August 1919 and returned to her owner . As SS " Shoshone " , she resumed commercial service , and around 1919 was renamed SS " Manoa " . Later career as s . s . " Manoa " On 11 June 1921 , Canada Steamship Lines introduced the 5 , 070 - ton passenger and cargo ship MANOA ( ii ) into a new service between Montreal , Charlottetown and St John ' s that partly revived the Quebec Steamship Co ' s pre - 1915 service between Montreal , Quebec and Gaspé . Because of the number of ports , the round voyage took 17 days , as “ Canadian Railway & Marine World ” announced that June : – " Canada Steamship Lines will place its twin - screw steamship MANOA in service this summer , between Montreal , Quebec , and Gaspé , Que , Charlottetown , PEI , and St John ' s , Nfld , making seven round trips of about a fortnight each , leaving Montreal 11 and 28 June , 15 , 2 July and 19 Aug , and 6 and 23 Sep . . . Her stateroom accommodation includes parlor rooms with baths en suite . " The route will be along the south shore of the St Lawrence , round the Gaspé peninsula , and Percé Rock , and thence via Charlottetown to St John s . The passenger rates will range as follows , according to accommodation , first - class fares including berths and meals . To Gaspé , one way , $ 30 to $ 70 ; steerage , $ 20 ; no round trip fares to Gaspé . To Charlottetown , one way , $ 45 to $ 85 ; round trip , $ 75 to $ 150 ; steerage , one way , $ 30 . To St John ' s , one way , $ 70 to $ 100 ; round trip , $ 125 to $ 175 ; steer - age , one way , $ 40 . There will be local rates between Gaspé and Charlottetown , Gaspé and St John ' s and Charlottetown and St John ' s . Children under 5 , if occupying seats at table , will be charged 50c a meal , but no charge for passage or berth ; children 5 years and under 12 , half fare ; and over 12 full fare . All fares exclusive of war tax . " The Quebec Steamship Co ' s second ship of this name , that of a mythical golden city in British Guiana , the MANOA was a former Hamburg - American liner that had been taken by the Americans as a war prize . She could carry 100 passengers and had also run briefly in the Quebec Steamship Co ' s West Indies trade , between December 1919 and April 1920 , before moving to the Compagnie Canadienne Transatlantique Ltée for a new service between Montreal and Le Havre , with Saint John as winter port . This joint venture of Canada Steamship Lines and Compagnie Générale Transatlantique , known also as the Fracanda Line , had been formed on 12 April 1919 , with two ships from each partner carrying passengers . But it had operated only thirteen round voyages for passengers plus several voyages by chartered cargo ships before closing down in January 1921 . By October , “ Canadian Railway & Marine World ” was reporting her acceptance on the St John ' s run : – " Canada Steamship Lines ' s . s . MANOA , which was to have made her last trip of the season from Montreal to Newfoundland , made additional sailings , Oct 13 and 29 , and will make a third additional sailing , Nov 17 , in response to requests from Newfoundland residents . The usual calls were made at Gaspé , Que , and Charlottetown , PEI . It is stated that the MANOA will make a series of special winter cruises to the south . " She would remain the mainstay of the Montreal - St John ' s trade for the next five years . Whether the “ special winter cruises ” were to be run by Canada Steamship Lines or she was to be chartered back to Furness Withy & Co is not clear . Canada Steamship Lines had sold its Quebec Steamship subsidiary , for whom the MANOA had once operated , two seasons earlier and was no longer involved in the southern trades . After dropping the MANOA ' s Gaspé calls , Canada Steamship Lines was able to change her schedule from every 17 days to fortnightly fixed day of the week departures . These left Montreal every other Saturday at 4 pm for Charlottetown and St John ' s , with a return from St John ' s on the following Saturday . Calling at Charlottetown each way , she arrived at the other end of the line on Thursday , a 5 - night voyage each way . CSL also sold these sailings as a 12 - day cruise , from $ 90 inside or $ 135 in an outside cabin , and described it in its tourist brochure as follows : – " A cruise in cool latitudes on the 6 , 000 - ton ( ocean type ) s . s . MANOA . In this 12 - day sea trip on the placid waters of the St Lawrence River and Gulf , you will find all the fascination of an ocean voyage – without any of the monotony and discomfort of a sea trip . A Boat Trip of 2 , 000 miles through the lower St Lawrence and Gulf of St Lawrence from Montreal to St John ’ s , Newfoundland , and return . " In 1922 , these Gulf of St Lawrence cruises featured in a new brochure entitled “ Two Wonderful Cruises ” that also included the weekly Saguenay cruise of the CAPE ETERNITY . In 1923 , Canada Steamship Lines lost $ 25 , 000 on its Newfoundland service but in 1924 , as well as the MANOA , it ran the WINONA to St John ' s , giving it a weekly cargo service and fortnightly passenger service . At the end of that summer , however , the MANOA was replaced by the 2 , 816 - ton Norwegian - flag cargo ship LISGAR COUNTY , brought in from the County Line . It also maintained a winter service from Saint John , New Brunswick , where it had been using the MAPLEDAWN in 1922 . Canada Steamship Lines sold the MANOA to the Boston Iron & Metal Co in June 1926 . That company in turn sold her back to her original owners , the Hamburg - American Line . Canada Steamship Lines meanwhile continued its Montreal - St John ' s service , but for cargo only , with winter sailings from Saint John , using chartered British freighters for the most part . References . Note : DANFS mistakenly identifies " Shoshone " as " SP - 1760 " ( a section patrol boat designation ) rather than as " ID - 1760 " ( a transport designation ) .